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The physio will see you now. Why health workers need to broaden their roles to fix the workforce crisis

  • Written by: Henry Cutler, Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.


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