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South Australian Budget Delivers on Election Promise of More Ambulance Officers

The South Australian (SA) government has begun its recruitment of the 350 additional ambulance officers promised at the state election in March. A new intern cohort of 32 paramedic graduates are set to start work on Monday, the first of 278 new paramedics and 72 new ambulance officers to be added to the SA ambulance…


Government Intervenes to Speed Up Western Australia’s Ambulance Response Times

The Western Australian (WA) government is co-ordinating a multi-agency response to help the St John Ambulance Service deal with the current staff shortage and speed up ambulance response times. Senior Department of Health and WA Police representatives are now stationed at the St John’s Ambulance headquarters to assist the service, ensuring appropriate emergency response coordination….