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The National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) congratulates the Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, and NBN Co for the launch of a new satellite plan – nbn® Sky Muster® Plus Premium – that introduces more connectivity options for people across rural, regional and remote Australia.
The Alliance welcomes several benefits this will bring, such as uncapped data...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) sees the Federal Budget 2023–24 as a missed opportunity to significantly address healthcare needs in rural Australia. This is despite the major contribution by rural communities to Australia’s economic surplus this year and their poor health status, which is below that of their urban counterparts.
“While there are some modest measures...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Pim Kuipers as Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Rural Health (the Journal) commencing from 8 May 2023.
The Journal is a multidisciplinary publication that aims to foster interdisciplinary networks to build and advance rural practice for all health professionals. It became the...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) awaits a Federal Budget that corrects market failure of healthcare access that is impacting rural Australian communities.
The Alliance is encouraged by the announcement of significant Strengthening Medicare measures, especially the provision of flexible funding for multidisciplinary-team-based models to improve quality of care.
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read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) congratulates the Government, the National Rural Health Commissioner and all the professional bodies that have worked together to release the National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework 2023–2027...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) – which stands for 30 per cent of Australia’s population – will work with its 47 Members as a united voice to advocate for sustainable and affordable health services across Australia.
These sentiments were expressed at the Alliance’s first Council Meeting of 2023 hosted on 23 March 2023 at the nbn office in Sydney.
“The education...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance is pleased to be a founding member of the National Alliance for Regionalisation initiative to ‘Rebalance the Nation’ and congratulates the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) for their historic strategy.
The National Alliance for Regionalisation aims to better position the nation’s regions to reach their...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) applauds the commitment and leadership of Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health, Dr Anne Webster, demonstrated by holding the Regional Health Workforce Summit at the Mildura Sporting Precinct in Victoria on 1–2 March 2023.
The Alliance was pleased to see the summit bringing together peak bodies and health practitioners from...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) welcomes the call from New South Wales (NSW) Premier Dominic Perrottet for a new federal health accord to drive shared policy responses to unsustainable pressures on public hospitals and primary care systems.
The Alliance congratulates Premier Perrottet for his willingness to work with the federal government to review legislation...
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