Council
Council of the Alliance consists of one delegate from each Member Body, the Chair of Friends, and up to three co-opted individuals.
Council provides Member Bodies with the opportunity to engage on an equal footing in selecting the issues on which the Alliance’s information and policy work focuses, in developing the organisation’s views, in formulating the strategic plan and in overseeing the Alliance’s projects.
Council Members
NRHSN - National Rural Health Students' Network
Medical Student
ROG of OA - Rural Optometry Group of Optometry Australia
Rural Outreach Optometrist
AHHA - Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Strategic Programs Director
Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
NATSIHWA - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association
Chief Executive Officer
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association
ANMF - Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (rural nursing and midwifery members)
Registered Nurse. Senior Federal Professional Officer, ANMF. Melbourne, Vic and Uraidla, SA
RFW - Royal Far West
Director, Royal Far West, Manly, NSW
CWAA - Country Women's Association of Australia
National President
AIDA - Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association
Resident Medical Officer, Barwon Health
NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Deputy CEO, NACCHO
ACHSM - Australasian College of Health Service Management (rural members)
Chief Executive Officer, ACHSM
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Rural Surgery Section
Vascular Surgeon
RACGP Rural: The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
GP
CRANAplus
Chief Executive Officer
CRANAplus
CAA (RRG) - Council of Ambulance Authorities (Rural and Remote Group)
Communications Manager, CAA
CATSINaM - Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives
Registered Nurse / Registered Aboriginal Health Practitioner
ACEM-RRRC - Australasian College for Emergency Medicine - Rural, Regional and Remote Committee
Director Emergency Medicine, Alice Springs Hospital Emergency Department
FRAME - Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators
Chair FRAME
ACM-RRAC - Australian College of Midwives Rural and Remote Advisory Committee
Midwifery Educator
RHWA - Rural Health Workforce Australia
Rural GP
ARHEN - Australian Rural Health Education Network Limited
Director of the Three Rivers Department of Rural Health, Charles Sturt University
RDN of ADA - Rural Dentists' Network of the Australian Dental Association
Deputy CEO, Australian Dental Association, St Leonards, NSW
APS (RRPIG) - Australian Psychological Society (Rural and Remote Psychology Interest Group)
Psychologist
SARRAH - Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health
Chief Clinical Officer, Umbo
RFDS - Royal Flying Doctor Service
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Canberra.
ESSA (RRIG) - Exercise and Sports Science Australia (Rural and Remote Interest Group)
Policy and Advocacy Officer
Exercise and Sports Science Australia
Acting Regional Director, Riverland Mallee Coorong, Country Health SA
APA (RMN) - Australian Physiotherapy Association (Rural Members Network)
Senior Physiotherapist
RDAA - Rural Doctors' Association of Australia
Rural GP
APS - Australian Paediatric Society
Paediatrician
Rural and Community Development Services
SPA-RRMC - Speech Pathology Australia - Rural and Remote Member Community
Speech Pathologist
PA (RRSIG) - Paramedics Australasia (Rural and Remote Special Interest Group)
Paramedics Australasia
AHPARR - Allied Health Professions Australia Rural and Remote
Occupational Therapist
Carer and Consumer Advocate
ICPA - Isolated Children's Parents' Association
ICPA Vice President
ACN-RN&MCI - Australian College of Nursing (Rural Nursing and Midwifery Community of Interest)
Principal, KUEE Consulting
PSA (RSIG) - Rural Special Interest Group of Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Pharmacist / Director, Kimberley University Rural Health Alliance
RIHG of CAA - Rural and Indigenous Health-Interest Group of the Australian Chiropractors Association
Chiropractor
ACRRM - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Rural Postgraduate Medical Education, Rural Generalist