Nurses and Midwives

The Hon. T.T. NGO (15:06): Supplementary question—

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: No, leader! You have a member of your backbench on his feet.

The Hon. T.T. NGO: How many of these new nurses will be given a permanent position?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:07): My understanding is these are ongoing positions. I will check that. It may be normal practice to have graduate nurses doing a first-year contract, but I will certainly clarify that for the honourable member.