33123 (2026). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

33123 (2026). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What rural adjustment payments, if any, are provided to LMC midwives under the Primary Maternity Services Notice separate from locally funded support, and in what year was each introduced or last adjusted?

Hon Casey Costello: I am advised that since its introduction in November 2021, the Rural Practice and Travel Supplement payment rates have been adjusted through national consumer price index uplifts, increasing by 3 percent on 1 July 2022, 2.51 percent on 1 July 2024, and 3 percent on 1 July 2025.