Registered nurse Colleen Clark has been searching for a new rental in Theodore since April last year without success, an experience that has left her feeling 'hopeless and undervalued' despite rural health workers being in high demand.
"We are having trouble getting [healthcare] staff and keeping staff here.
The spokesperson said support and incentives were offered to staff if they relocated to a rural or remote area."You've got someone like me, who's permanent … happy to stay here, who's got the skill and ability, but they're not willing to help me," she said."I've gone through the chain of command at work. Any house that's become available here in Theodore, I've been onto it straightaway.
"Healthcare workers choosing to make rural and remote Queensland their home will be supported by a $115 million injection into the delivery of staff accommodation," they said. Queensland Council of Social Services chief executive Aimee McVeigh said regional Queensland had become the most expensive part of Australia to live.
"Government must intervene … we need a plan that looks at the housing needs across the state, not just social housing, but also affordable rental properties, and a strategy to make sure that across the next decade we are setting our state up to have enough housing."Deputy Premier Steven Miles said housing supply was one of the biggest challenges facing Queensland.
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