Council

Council is made up of one representative from each Alliance Member, plus the Chair of Friends of the Alliance.

Council provides Members with the opportunity to engage on an equal footing in selecting the issues on which the Alliance’s information and policy work focuses and in developing the organisation’s views.

Council Members

 

Peter Barns

Rural Workforce Agencies Network - RWAN

Peter Barns

Chief Executive Officer, HR+ Tasmania

Launceston
TAS
Mojca Bizjak-Mikic

Council of Ambulance Authorities - CAA

Mojca Bizjak-Mikic

General Manager, CAA

Hilton
SA
Karl Briscoe

National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners - NAATSIHWP

Karl Briscoe

Chief Executive Officer, NAATSIHWP

Canberra
ACT

Australasian College of Paramedicine - ACP

John Bruning

Chief Executive Officer, ACP

Umina Beach
NSW
Julianne Bryce

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (rural members) - ANMF

Julianne Bryce

Registered Nurse/Senior Federal Professional Officer, ANMF

Melbourne, VIC and Uraidla, SA


National
John Buckley

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (Rural Faculty) - RACGP Rural

John Buckley

General Practitioner and Rural Council Member, RACGP

Coochiemudlo Island
QLD
Shane Bullock

Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators - FRAME

Shane Bullock

Head of School, Monash Rural Health

(Co-delegate to Council)
 

Warragul
VIC
Chris Campbell

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

Chris Campbell

GM Policy and Program Delivery, State Manager Queensland

Woolloongabba
QLD
Kim Casburn

Royal Far West - RFW

Kim Casburn

Head of Service Innovation and Improvement, RFW

Sydney
NSW
Dawn Casey

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation - NACCHO

Dawn Casey

Deputy CEO, NACCHO

Canberra
National
Roslyn Chataway

Australasian College of Health Service Management (Regional, Rural and Remote Special Interest Group) - ACHSM (RRRSIG)

Roslyn Chataway

Director, Roslyn Chataway Consulting

Hyde Park
SA
Hwee Sin Chong

Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators - RACMA

Hwee Sin Chong

Acting Executive Director of Medical Services and
Executive Director Queensland Rural Medical Service,
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service

Brisbane
QLD
Bridget Clancy

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Rural Surgery Section) - RACS (RSS)

Bridget Clancy

Chair, Rural Surgery Section RACS

Warrnambool
VIC
Mathew Coleman

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists - RANZCP

Mathew Coleman

Chair, Section of Rural Psychiatry, RANZCP

Albany
WA
Robyn Cummings

Australian Chiropractors Association (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rural and Remote Practitioner Network) - ACA (ARRPN)

Robyn Cummings

Northern Regional Manager, ACA

Parramatta
NSW
Sarah Davies

Optometry Australia (Rural Optometry Group) - OA (ROG)

Sarah Davies

Policy and Advocacy Manager, Optometry Australia

Melbourne
VIC

Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia – PACFA

Johanna de Wever

Chief Executive Officer, PACFA

Carlton
VIC

Australian College of Nurse Practitioners - ACNP

Melanie Dunstan

Vice President, ACNP

Melbourne
VIC
Keith Gleeson

Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association - AIDA

Keith Gleeson

Board Director, AIDA

Taree
NSW
Stephen-Gourley

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (Rural, Regional and Remote Committee) - ACEM (RRRC)

Stephen Gourley

Director of Emergency Medicine, Alice Springs Hospital

Alice Springs
NT
Ken Griffin

Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association - APNA

Ken Griffin

Chief Executive Officer, APNA

Melbourne
VIC
Pam Harvey

Australian Rural Health Education Network - ARHEN

Pam Harvey

Rural Nursing and Allied Health Lead, Monash Rural Health

Bendigo
VIC
Peter Hughes

Regional Medical Specialists Association - RMSA

Peter Hughes

President, RMSA

Canberra
ACT
Eithne Irving

Australian Dental Association (Rural Dentists' Network) - ADA (RDN)

Eithne Irving

Deputy CEO, ADA

St Leonards
NSW
Katherine Isbister

CRANAplus

Katherine Isbister

Chief Executive Officer, CRANAplus

Cairns
QLD
Margi Johnson

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

Margi Johnson

Psychologist

Orange
NSW

Australian College of Nursing (Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty) - ACN (RNM)

Heather Keighley

Rural and Remote Matters, Health Consultant

Darwin
NT

Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health - SARRAH

Cath Maloney

Chief Executive Officer, SARRAH

Canberra
ACT

Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited - AGPAL

Maria Maratos

Manager, Engagement and Partnerships, AGPAL

Clarence Park
SA
Jenny May

Rural Doctors Association of Australia - RDAA

Jenny May

Rural GP/Director, Newcastle UDRH

Tamworth
NSW
Jo McCubbin

APS - Australian Paediatric Society

Jo McCubbin

Paediatrician

Sale
VIC
Tom McMillan

Australian Physiotherapy Association (Rural group) - APA

Tom McMillan

Director and Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist

Mackay
QLD
Amanda O'Keefe

Speech Pathology Australia (Rural and Remote Member Community) - SPA (RRMC)

Amanda O'Keefe

Speech Pathologist

Tiwi
NT
 Nicole O'Reilly

Allied Health Professions Australia (Rural and Remote Committee) - AHPARR

Nicole O'Reilly

Occupational Therapist

Darwin
NT

Australian College of Midwives (Rural and Remote Advisory Committee) - ACM (RRAC)

Paula Olsen

Midwife

Tumut
NSW
Don Palmer

Malpa

Don Palmer

Chief Executive Officer, Malpa

Sydney
NSW
Riita Partanen

Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators - FRAME

Riita Partanen

Director, University of Queensland Rural Clinical School

(Co-delegate to Council)

Hervey Bay
QLD
Myfanwy Pitcher

Rural Aid Australia

Myfanwy Pitcher

Manager, Mental Health and Wellbeing

Indooroopilly
QLD
Frank Quinlan

Royal Flying Doctor Service - RFDS

Frank Quinlan

Federation Executive Director, RFDS

Canberra
ACT
David_Rimmer

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine - ACRRM

David Rimmer

Board Director, ACRRM

Longreach
QLD
Anna Ryan

National Rural Health Student Network - NRHSN

Anna Ryan

Chairperson, Executive Committee, NRHSN

Wagga Wagga
NSW
David Shaker

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - RANZCOG

David Shaker

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Mater Private Hospital

Rockhampton
QLD
Brian Spain

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine - ANZCA FPM

Brian Spain

Anaesthetist

Darwin
NT

College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (Rural Committee)

Penny Stewart

Chair, Rural Committee, CICM

Melbourne
VIC
Susan Trevillian

Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia - SHPA

Susan Trevillian

Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Northeast Health Wangaratta

Milawa
VIC
Georgina Twomey portrait

Rural Pharmacists Australia - RPA

Georgina Twomey

Managing Director, Alive Pharmacy Group

Cairns
QLD

Carers Australia

Steve Vitone

Chief Executive Officer, Carers NT

Darwin
NT
Judi Walker

Friends of the Alliance

Judi Walker

Chair, Friends of the Alliance
Tasmanian Representative on Friends Advisory Committee


TAS
Kylie Woolcock

Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association - AHHA

Kylie Woolcock

Chief Executive Officer, AHHA

Canberra
ACT

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