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Budget 1999-2000
FACT SHEET
$28 MILLION BOOST FOR STUDENT
PLACES AT JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY
- New Commonwealth funding for Queensland’s James Cook University medical school
honours an election commitment announced in The Best of Health – A Balanced Plan
for a Stronger Australia. The first intake of students will be enrolled at the start
of the 2001 academic year.
- The Commonwealth will provide $6.4 million over 2000-2001 to 2002-2003 to fund these
student places. The measure supports the allocation of $10 million from the Health and
Aged Care portfolio for capital works to establish the James Cook University Medical
School. This funding is conditional on matched funding being provided by the Queensland
Government.
- The new medical school will increase the proportion of rural/remote students studying
medicine. In each year’s intake, 5 places will be earmarked for Indigenous students
and 15 for students from rural and remote areas. A medical school in Townsville will also
improve health services to the local community as students will undertake their clinical
training in the area.
- Twenty of the places will be new places allocated to James Cook University, while the
remaining forty places will be transferred from existing medical schools. Institutions
which release medical places will, subject to negotiation, be able to reallocate funding
to other priorities in their institutions.
Extra Places for James Cook University
- To support access to higher education, particularly potential students from Far North
Queensland, the Government will also provide funding to support an additional 450 student
places in 1999 at James Cook University.
- This initiative honours the Government’s election commitment to support access to
higher education for students from rural and isolated areas.
Media Release
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