Rural
Are regional Australian’s and regional issues being left out of this election?
Are the election issues avoiding or neglecting regional and remote Australia? And how do the people who live in regional......
Strengthening the outback economy
The Federal Government is set to launch a $10 million project to strengthen the economy in outback Australia....
Supporting Rural Health Professionals
Since the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission report was released on July 27th there have been hopes that a......
Breast Cancer Specialist Nurses for regional Australia
The government has announced a new programme for breast cancer sufferers in regional and rural Australia. As part of the......
Mental health conference goes bush
Climate change, disadvantage and a shortage of medical professionals continues to undermine the state of mental health in rural Australia.......
Roundtable seeks answers to shortage of rural health workers
Regional and remote area health workers are in such low supply, a national roundtable has met today in Canberra to......
Public transport – can the towns learn from the cities’ mistakes?
With rising fuel costs it seems more people are turning to public transport and the systems in the larger cities......
Conference calls for more young health workers in the bush
A conference is being held in Launceston to try and address the shortage of young health professionals in rural areas.......
Welfare to work a grind for rural communities
The drought has made the flat plains of Hay in New South Wales practically barren, but last week the remote......
Rural doctors call for election services focus
Rural medical serives are facing an urgent shortage of health professionals, and needs at least 1000 more doctors to ensure......