[Excerpt from authors]The aim of this paper is to provide a general resource document on nursing workforce planning in Australia for use by the Australian Health Workforce Advisory Committee(AHWAC), the National Health Workforce Secretariat and members of nursing workforce working parties established by AHWAC. While this paper outlines the processes and methods used by AHWAC in its national level nursing workforce planning, it is acknowledged that much nursing workforce planning in Australia is undertaken at the jurisdictional level using approaches other than that outlined in this paper. The paper may be of use to other individuals and organisations involved in health and nursing workforce planning.