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
Exercise & Sports Science Australia - ESSA
Manager, Policy and Advocacy, ESSA
Brisbane
Australian Rural Health Education Network - ARHEN
Director, Southern Queensland Rural Health
Toowoomba
Rural Health Workforce Australia - RHWA
Chief Executive Officer, HR+ Tasmania
Launceston
National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners - NAATSIHWP
Chief Executive Officer, NAATSIHWP
Canberra
Australasian College of Paramedicine - ACP
Chief Executive Officer, ACP
Umina Beach
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (rural members) - ANMF
Registered Nurse/Senior Federal Professional Officer, ANMF
Melbourne, VIC and Uraidla, SA
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (Rural Faculty) - RACGP Rural
General Practitioner and Rural Council Member, RACGP
Coochiemudlo Island
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Rural Special Interest Group) - PSA (RSIG)
GM Policy and Program Delivery, State Manager Queensland
Woolloongabba
Royal Far West - RFW
Head of Service Innovation and Improvement, RFW
Sydney
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation - NACCHO
Deputy CEO, NACCHO
Canberra
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Rural Surgery Section) - RACS (RSS)
Vascular Surgeon
Port Macquarie
Australasian College of Health Service Management (Regional, Rural and Remote Special Interest Group) - ACHSM (RRRSIG)
Director, Roslyn Chataway Consulting
Hyde Park
Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators - RACMA
Acting Executive Director of Medical Services and
Executive Director Queensland Rural Medical Service,
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists - RANZCP
Chair, Section of Rural Psychiatry, RANZCP
Albany
Optometry Australia (Rural Optometry Group) - OA (ROG)
Policy and Advocacy Manager, Optometry Australia
Melbourne
Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association - AIDA
Board Director, AIDA
Taree
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (Rural, Regional and Remote Committee) - ACEM (RRRC)
Director of Emergency Medicine, Alice Springs Hospital
Alice Springs
Australian Dental Association (Rural Dentists' Network) - ADA (RDN)
Deputy CEO, ADA
St Leonards
CRANAplus
Chief Executive Officer, CRANAplus
Cairns
Australian Psychological Society (Rural and Remote Psychology Interest Group) - APS (RRPIG)
Psychologist
Orange
Australian College of Nursing (Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty) - ACN (RNM)
Rural and Remote Matters, Health Consultant
Darwin
Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited - AGPAL
Senior Manager, WA and NT Accreditation Services, AGPAL
North Perth
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health - SARRAH
Chief Executive Officer, SARRAH
Canberra
Rural Doctors Association of Australia - RDAA
Rural GP/Director, Newcastle UDRH
Tamworth
APS - Australian Paediatric Society
Paediatrician
Sale
Australian Physiotherapy Association (Rural group) - APA
Director and Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Mackay
Speech Pathology Australia (Rural and Remote Member Community) - SPA (RRMC)
Speech Pathologist
Tiwi
Allied Health Professions Australia (Rural and Remote Committee) - AHPARR
Occupational Therapist
Darwin
Australian College of Midwives (Rural and Remote Advisory Committee) - ACM (RRAC)
Midwife
Tumut
National Rural Health Student Network - NRHSN
Chair, Executive Committee, NRHSN
Sydney
Royal Flying Doctor Service - RFDS
Federation Executive Director, RFDS
Canberra
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - RANZCOG
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Mater Private Hospital
Rockhampton
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine - ANZCA FPM
Anaesthetist
Darwin
Isolated Children's Parents' Association - ICPA
Federal Councillor, ICPA
Mataranka
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine - ACRRM
Federal Council Member, ACRRM
Brisbane
Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia - SHPA
Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Northeast Health Wangaratta
Milawa
Rural Pharmacists Australia - RPA
Managing Director, Alive Pharmacy Group
Cairns
Australian Chiropractors Association (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rural and Remote Practitioner Network) - ACA (ARRPN)
Chiropractor
Blackalls Park
Carers Australia
Chief Executive Officer, Carers NT
Darwin
Friends of the Alliance
Chair, Friends of the Alliance
Tasmanian Representative on Friends Advisory Committee
Council of Ambulance Authorities - CAA
Chief Executive, CAA
Adelaide
Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators - FRAME
Director of Rural Health, Western Sydney University
Bathurst
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association - AHHA
Acting CEO, AHHA
Canberra