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15th National Rural Health Conference - Save the date 24-27 March 2019. Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Tasmania.

15th National Rural Health Conference

24-27 March 2019. Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Tasmania.
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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

 

Digby Allen

NRHSN - National Rural Health Students' Network
Digby
Allen

Medical Student
Berrima
NSW
Phil Anderton

ROG of OA - Rural Optometry Group of Optometry Australia
Phil
Anderton

Rural Outreach Optometrist
Sydney
NSW

ARHEN - Australian Rural Health Education Network Limited
Lisa
Bourke

Director, University Department of Rural Health
Shepparton
VIC

AHHA - Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Chris
Bourke

Strategic Programs Director
Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
Canberra
ACT
Julianne Bryce

ANMF - Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (rural nursing and midwifery members)
Julianne
Bryce

Registered Nurse. Senior Federal Professional Officer, ANMF. Melbourne, Vic and Uraidla, SA
National
Katherine Burchfield

RFW - Royal Far West
Katherine
Burchfield

Director, Royal Far West, Manly, NSW
National
Melissa Carroll

AIDA - Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association
Melissa
Carroll

Resident Medical Officer, Barwon Health
Geelong
VIC

NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Dawn
Casey

Chief Operating Officer, NACCHO
Canberra
National
Catherine Chaffey

ACHSM - Australasian College of Health Service Management (rural members)
Catherine
Chaffey

Chief Executive Officer, ACHSM
Sydney
National
Helen Conlin

CAA (RRG) - Council of Ambulance Authorities (Rural and Remote Group)
Helen
Conlin

Communications Manager, CAA
Melbourne
National
Dorothy Coombe

CWAA - Country Women's Association of Australia
Dorothy
Coombe

National President
Ringwood
National
NO Delegate

ACN-RN&MCI - Australian College of Nursing (Rural Nursing and Midwifery Community of Interest)
No
delegate
N/A

ESSA (RRIG) - Exercise and Sports Science Australia (Rural and Remote Interest Group)
John
Dennehy

Exercise Physiologist
Toowoomba
QLD
Stephen-Gourley

ACEM-RRRC - Australasian College for Emergency Medicine - Rural, Regional and Remote Committee
Stephen
Gourley

Director Emergency Medicine, Alice Springs Hospital Emergency Department
Alice Springs
NT
Catherine Helps

ACM-RRAC - Australian College of Midwives Rural and Remote Advisory Committee
Catherine
Helps

Midwifery Educator
Ballina
NSW
Ross Hetherington

RHWA - Rural Health Workforce Australia
Ross
Hetherington

Rural GP
Warwick
QLD
Eithne Irving

RDN of ADA - Rural Dentists' Network of the Australian Dental Association
Eithne
Irving

Deputy CEO, Australian Dental Association, St Leonards, NSW
National

RACGP Rural: The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Kathryn
Kirkpatrick

Rural GP
Kinglake West
VIC
Martin Laverty

RFDS - Royal Flying Doctor Service
Martin
Laverty

Chief Executive Officer, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Canberra.
National
Tanya Lehmann

SARRAH - Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health
Tanya
Lehmann

Principal Consultant Allied Health, Country Health SA
Loxton
SA

APS (RRPIG) - Australian Psychological Society (Rural and Remote Psychology Interest Group)
Sarah
Lutkin

Psychologist
Townsville
QLD

APA (RMN) - Australian Physiotherapy Association (Rural Members Network)
Daniel
Mahony

Senior Physiotherapist
Bunbury/Collie
WA

CRANAplus - the professional body for all remote health
Geri
Malone

Director of Professional Services, CRANAplus
Wilunga
SA

RDAA - Rural Doctors' Association of Australia
Jenny
May

Rural GP
Tamworth
NSW

APS - Australian Paediatric Society
Jo
McCubbin

Paediatrician
Sale
VIC
Joe McGirr

FRAME - Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators
Joe
McGirr

Associate Dean Rural, The University of Notre Dame Australia
Wagga Wagga
NSW
Chris Moorhouse
Friends of the Alliance
Chris
Moorhouse

Rural and Community Development Services
Deloraine
TAS

SPA-RRMC - Speech Pathology Australia - Rural and Remote Member Community
Amanda
O'Keefe

Speech Pathologist
Tiwi
NT
Joe O'Malley

RPA - Rural Pharmacists Australia
Joe
O'Malley

Pharmacist
Ulverstone
TAS
Peter O'Meara

PA (RRSIG) - Paramedics Australasia (Rural and Remote Special Interest Group)
Peter
O'Meara

Professor of Rural and Regional Paramedicine, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University
Flora Hill
VIC
Nicole O'Reilly

AHPARR - Allied Health Professions Australia Rural and Remote
Nicole
O'Reilly

Occupational Therapist
Darwin
NT

Co-opted individual
Lynne
Strathie

Carer and Consumer Advocate
Darwin
NT
Sally Sullivan

ICPA - Isolated Children's Parents' Association
Sally
Sullivan

ICPA Vice President
Cave Creek Station Mataranka
NT

PSA (RSIG) - Rural Special Interest Group of Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Lindy
Swain

Pharmacist / Director, Kimberley University Rural Health Alliance
Broome
WA
Joan van Rotterdam

RIHG of CAA - Rural and Indigenous Health-interest Group of the Chiropractors' Association of Australia
Joan
van Rotterdam

Chiropractor
Blackalls Park
NSW
Lucie Walters

ACRRM - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Lucie
Walters

Rural Postgraduate Medical Education, Rural Generalist
Mt Gambier
SA