Alliance News
31 March 2017 - During the election last year, the Coalition announced their intent to appoint a National Rural Health Commissioner. This was met with enthusiasm by the rural health sector as a vehicle to drive the urgent work required to improve the health... More
30 March 2017 - The latest Partyline features striking portraits of Aboriginal Health Workers, part of an... More
19 March 2017 - The Senate Estimates process and what we learnt about some specific health issues
Senate Estimates is a time for political journalists and policy junkies to rub their hands in delight and try to pick through the evidence for startling bits of news. ... More
25 January 2017 - Scurvy in 21st century Australia? Surely not!
Surely scurvy, a condition brought on by malnutrition, could not exist in an advanced OECD country like Australia in the 21st century?
Think again.... More
30 November 2016 - After 8 years of leadership of the Australian Journal of Rural Health (AJRH) editorial team, current Editor in Chief, Professor David Perkins will complete his term at the end of 2016. David’s immense good will and generous contribution to... More
24 November 2016 - The Alliance’s annual CouncilFest meeting was held in Canberra 21-23 November 2016.
This saw representatives from the Alliance’s 39 Member organisations agree on five key priorities for improved health of the 7 million people in rural and remote... More
11 November 2016 - Fiona Brooke, Senior Policy Adviser at the Alliance attended the recent Food Governance Conference, co-hosted by Sydney Law School and the Charles Perkins Centre. The Conference... More
09 November 2016 - Early in 2016, the Alliance made a submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee on the... More