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
ROG of OA - Rural Optometry Group of Optometry Australia
Adj Assoc Prof of Optometry, UNSW
Sydney
ARHEN - Australian Rural Health Education Network
Director, Southern Queensland Rural Health
Toowoomba
AHHA - Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Strategic Programs Director, AHHA
Canberra
NATSIHWA - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association
Chief Executive Officer, NATSIHWA
Canberra
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
Health Director, Royal Far West
Manly
RHWA - Rural Health Workforce Australia
Chair, Rural Workforce Agency Network
Melbourne
CWAA - Country Women's Association of Australia
National President, CWAA
Dorrigo
NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Deputy CEO, NACCHO
Canberra
ACHSM - Australasian College of Health Service Management (rural members)
Chief Executive Officer, ACHSM
Sydney
RACS RSS - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Rural Surgery Section
Vascular Surgeon
Port Macquarie
RACGP Rural: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
General Practitioner
Townsville
RANZCP - Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Chair, Section of Rural Psychiatry, RANZCP
Albany
RFDS - Royal Flying Doctor Service
ACEM-RRRC - Australasian College for Emergency Medicine - Rural, Regional and Remote Committee
Director of Emergency Medicine, Alice Springs Hospital
Alice Springs
RDN of ADA - Rural Dentists' Network of the Australian Dental Association
Deputy CEO, ADA
St Leonards
CRANAplus
Chief Executive Officer, CRANAplus
Cairns
SARRAH - Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health
Co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer, Umbo
Blayney
APS (RRPIG) - Australian Psychological Society (Rural and Remote Psychology Interest Group)
Psychologist
Orange
ACRRM - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Rural Generalist
Carnarvon
ESSA (RRIG) - Exercise and Sports Science Australia (Rural and Remote Interest Group)
Policy and Advocacy Officer, ESSA
Hamilton
Co-opted individual
Manager, SA Health
Berri
APA (RAC) - Australian Physiotherapy Association (Rural Advisory Council)
Senior Physiotherapist
Bunbury/Collie
RDAA - Rural Doctors Association of Australia
Rural GP/Director, Newcastle UDRH
Tamworth
APS - Australian Paediatric Society
Paediatrician
Sale
AIDA - Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association
DMO in Ob/Gyn and Emergency, Hedland Health Campus
Port Hedland
FRAME - Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators
General Practitioner/Head of Rural Clinical School, ANU
Canberra
SPA-RRMC - Speech Pathology Australia - Rural and Remote Member Community
Speech Pathologist
Tiwi
PA (RRSIG) - Paramedics Australasia (Rural and Remote Special Interest Group)
Adj Prof at Monash University
Bendigo
AHPARR - Allied Health Professions Australia Rural and Remote
Occupational Therapist
Melbourne
ACM-RRAC - Australian College of Midwives - Rural and Remote Advisory Committee
Midwife
Tumut
CATSINaM - Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives
Chief Executive Officer, CATSINaM
Canberra
SHPA – Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
Pharmacist, Atherton Hospital
Atherton
RACMA - Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators
Chief Executive Officer, RACMA
Melbourne
CAA (RRG) - Council of Ambulance Authorities (Rural and Remote Group)
Project Coordinator, CAA
Melbourne
ICPA - Isolated Children's Parents' Association
Federal Council, ICPA
Yulabilla
ANZCA - Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Anaesthetist
Darwin
Co-opted individual
Carer and Consumer Advocate
Darwin
ACN (RN&MCI) - Australian College of Nursing (Rural Nursing and Midwifery Community of Interest)
Principal, KUEE Consulting
Nambour
PSA (RSIG) - Rural Special Interest Group of Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Pharmacist/Director, Kimberley Rural Health Alliance
Broome
NRHSN - National Rural Health Student Network
Medical Student
Sydney
RPA - Rural Pharmacists Australia
Managing Director, Alive Pharmacy Group
Cairns
ACA (ARRPN) - Australian Chiropractors Association (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rural and Remote Practitioner Network)
Chiropractor
Blackalls Park
Friends of the Alliance
Chair, Friends of the Alliance
ACT Representative on Friends Advisory Committee