Senator NASH (New South Wales—Deputy Leader of The Nationals in the Senate and Assistant Minister for Health) (14:28): I certainly acknowledge that the Rural Doctors Association of New South Wales are entitled to their view, and they have expressed their view on this matter. This government has been very clear in indicating that it has had to make some tough decisions. Now I understand there has been a view expressed by the Rural Doctors Association, but this government was very much responding to the call from the medical sector to increase those GP training places, which it has done by 300. An opposition senator interjecting— Senator NASH: Indeed, it is in the bush. Under the new training places, there is a requirement that 50 per cent go to rural and regional. For the 2014-15 year, we are already at 62 per cent of those new training places going to rural and regional. So the interjection from the senator opposite about them not going to rural and regional is incorrect.