Hon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister of Health): As of 31 March this year, there are recorded 3,335 vacant nursing fulltime-equivalent positions in our public health system. The number of nurses working in our public health system has increased by about 2,000 since this Government was elected. In regard to the private aged-care sector, there are a number of private data sets that suggest the number of vacancies is roughly the figure that the member has referred to, although the latest figure I've seen suggests it's about 900—but 900-1,000. As I've already said today, there are a number of measures being taken to address health workforce shortages.