Newspoll, page-56

Maybe our top surgeons are already leaving
why we need to import new ones

Australia trains plenty of medicos but they tend to not want to be GP's.
Australian trained doctors want to specialise and also don't want to work in regional areas so we import foreigners to do the work Aussie ones reject.

https://www.ato.gov.au/about-ato/research-and-statistics/in-detail/taxation-statistics/taxation-statistics-2020-21/statistics/individuals-statistics?anchor=IndividualsStatistics#Chart5Individuals
Individuals – top 6 occupations, by average taxable income
Last updated 7 June 2023

4157 Surgeons $457,281
3479 anaesthetists $426,894
4761 financial dealers $341,798
10,055 internal medicine specialists $334,267
3071 psychiatrists $270,412
28,947 other medical practitioners $251,722