Issue 64

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offered seminars in regional locations across Australia
Regional seminars focus on spiritual care in aged care
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Report cover
Flying Doctor looking ahead to the health needs of country Australia in 2028
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High school students reassemble Gutso the medical mannequin
Inspiring the next generation of health professionals
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CouncilFest
Editorial: CouncilFest – definitively Better Together
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Building a sharing tree at a Health Awareness Event with the Mornington Island community
Overcoming barriers to better health in Queensland's Lower Gulf
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Rain Dragon by Andrew Whitehead won First prize in the 2009 National Farm Art Sculpture Competition Photo: Andrew Whitehead
Sculpture festival helps farmers and community to flourish in hard times
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Pain Revolution gears up to change pain treatment in rural Australia
Pain Revolution gears up to change pain treatment in rural Australia
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Older hand being held
PM announces Royal Commission into aged care
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National Rural Health Alliance’s 25th anniversary cake
Alliance celebrates 25th anniversary
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(L to R) Warren Ensch (LP, Qld), Joel Fitzgibbon (ALP, NSW), Alliance CEO Mark Diamond, Alliance Chair Tanya Lehmann, and Warren Snowden (ALP, NT) at the Parliamentary Friends of Rural and Remote Health breakfast
Alliance Council engages with Federal Parliament
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CouncilFest
CouncilFest brings Alliance members together
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Matilda House presents her Reconciliation Action Plan artwork to Chair of the Alliance RAP Working Group, Geri Malone
NRHA adopts Reconciliation Action Plan
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2017 Unsung Heroes Award and Des Murray Youth Award winners
Rural Health Awards now seeking nominations from Friends
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Early bird registrations now open
Better Together in nipaluna/Hobart, March 2019 – Early bird registration now open!
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A/Prof Kath Weston and A/Prof Louella McCarthy, curators of the Caring for the Incarcerated exhibition about the history of prison medicine. The exhibition was held at the University of Wollongong in 2017
A history of the NSW Prison Medical Service – can you contribute?
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Mental health nurse, Trevor Player, with a mental health nursing student and a client at the Rural and Remote Medical Service, Bourke NSW
Mental health nurses bring integrated care in Far West NSW
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Researchers from James Cook University have investigated the perceptions of residents of three mining communities in rural Queensland about the health and wellbeing of their communities.
Keeping healthy in rural and remote mining communities: residents have their say
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Catherine Bourke receiving the 2018 Emerging Researcher of the Year award at the WHRN Conference
Conference focuses on health research to improve health outcomes in Western NSW
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Annabelle Brayley
Author brings community perspective to ACRRM Board
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At-home telehealth services have helped Dan and other clients in rural Tasmania
Remote monitoring helps Dan manage his heart condition
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Dr Adrian Gilliland
Improving transfer of care for patients on the NSW north coast
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Anthony Radford
A country locum’s travels around South Australia (book review)
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Peter Murphy
Staying healthy with healthdirect
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Older woman with younger female relative
Improving end-of-life health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
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Review of cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Review brings together information on cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
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Medical practictioner holding older persons hand with outback image
Federal Government initiatives aim to improve access to health services for rural people
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Screen shot of the HeaDS UPP Tool prototype displaying GP Catchments with MMM overlay, highlighting locations of general practices in Tasmania
Leading the way in health workforce planning
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Health professionals at a James Cook University rural training location
Medical Research Future Fund: can it deliver for rural and remote Australia?
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Medical students Jess and Lars at Dubbo Hospital
Bright future for medical education in Central West NSW
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Lightning over mans face with tissue
It's the season for thunderstorm asthma
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New born baby's foot
Saving rural maternity units
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Agricultural Health and Medicine course participants
Ten years of postgraduate Agricultural Health and Medicine training
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Molly Serafin with her dog
More disability supports for country families