Doorstop - The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

JOURNALIST: Just from my Canberra colleagues today - regarding the women that are trying to travel from Syria to Australia, has a security threat been made about them? And if so, what is it?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, we monitor all of these issues, but we are not repatriating these people.

JOURNALIST: How will you seek to stop them from coming to Australia then?

PRIME MINISTER: Well, we're not repatriating them. We -

JOURNALIST: Will you use, for example, the Opposition's suggestion of a Temporary Exclusion Order?

PRIME MINISTER: Well what we will do on national security issues is we deal with it appropriately upon advice.

JOURNALIST: Would you like to talk about why you came out today? Thank you.

PRIME MINISTER: The nurses training here at the Royal Children's Hospital are benefiting from Paid Prac. It's extraordinary that at a time where we need more nurses, we previously expected people to go without any pay or any income for weeks at a time. We need more nurses, and that's why Paid Prac is so important. It's making a difference for these wonderful nurses here, who will go on to make a real difference to their fellow Australians and particularly young Australians here at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.

JOURNALIST: And what will you actually do on a national level to encourage that, that payment of these pracs?

PRIME MINISTER: We're doing that as well as making a difference with Free TAFE and ensuring that people are encouraged to go into areas of skill shortage, such as nursing and other areas of the care sector. So, it makes a difference for someone training to be a nurse of around about $17,000 and that is encouraging people to take up what is such a fantastic profession to make a difference to people's lives. Thank you.