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of paragraph (c) of the definition of Distribution Priority Area by the Department by comparing the services provided in a GP catchment area with the services needed (ie. the benchmark).
         Note 2: Maps of current Distribution Priority Areas are at www.doctorconnect.gov.au/.
         Note 3: Maps of current Modified Monash Model areas are at www.doctorconnect.gov.au/ .

       District of Workforce Shortage means, in respect of medical practitioners who are specialists in a particular specialty (excluding general practice):
             (a)      the Northern Territory; or
             (b)      a geographical area, determined by the Department, in which the number of specialists multiplied by the average FSE for specialists in that specialty in that area, per person in the geographical area, is less than the current national average for that specialty; or
             (c)      any area located in Remoteness Areas 3, 4 or 5 as determined by the Department using ASGS data.
         Note 1: District of Workforce Shortage status is determined annually for specialist medical practitioners for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of District of Workforce Shortage by the Department using Medicare billing data and estimated resident population data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
         Note 2: Maps of current District of Workforce Shortage areas are at www.doctorconnect.gov.au/.
         Note 3: The Department uses the ASGS system published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2016. The Department's Remoteness Area classifications are at www.doctorconnect.gov.au/.

       exemption means an exemption from the operation of subsections 19AB(1) and (2) of the Act, granted under subsection 19AB(3) of the Act.

       full-time benchmark is 1800 hours.
       Note: The full-time benchmark is 7.5 hours per day, 5 days per week, 48 weeks per year.

       Full-time Service Equivalent or FSE is a measure of medical practitioner workload calculated using the following formula:

       total days worked x average working hours per day
       full-time benchmark

       FSE year means a period of 12 months ending on 30 June.

       General Skilled Migration visa has the meaning given by the Migration Regulations 1994.

       migration occupation in demand has the meaning given by the Migration Regulations 1994.

       Modified Monash Model area 5 means all areas in Remoteness Areas 2 or 3, as determined by the Department using ASGS data, that are not:

             (a)      in, or within 20 kilometres road distance of, a town with a population of greater than 50,000;

             (b)      in, or within 15 kilometres road distance of, a town with a population of between 15,001 and 50,000; and

             (c)      in, or within 10 kilometres road distance of, a town with a population of between 5,000 and 15,000.

       Modified Monash Model area 6 means all areas in Remoteness Area 4, as determined by the Department using ASGS data, that are not on a populated island that is separated from the