Registrations open for the 6th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium Outback Infront

Registrations are now open for the 6th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium which will take place in Canberra on 11-12 April 2018.

The Symposium - celebrating 20 years of Australian rural and remote health research - will feature a keynote address from Australia’s first National Rural Health Commissioner, Professor Paul Worley.

The facts about poverty and health in rural and remote Australia

Opinion: Investing in climate resilience will pay dividends for rural and remote health

Speaking out on private health insurance in rural and remote Australia

Representatives of the Alliance spoke at the second public hearing of the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee on the value and affordability of private health insurance and out-of-pocket medical costs.

At the inquiry, the Alliance emphasised the need to improve the range of benefits for privately insured people living in rural and remote areas.

Share your summer fun with Friends

With summer just around the corner, Friends of the Alliance invites you to share some of your thoughts, photographs or videos about summertime celebrations in rural and remote Australia.

To participate, upload your content to social media and remember to tag us @NRHAlliance and use the #loverural hashtag! Alternatively, you can email your contribution to friends@ruralhealth.org.au and we will post it for you. 

Partyline #61: Preparing for lift-off

Keep an eye on your in-box over the next few days as Issue 61 of Partyline magazine is scheduled for lift-off in T minus 24 hours (and counting).

This coming issue will be the last for the 2017 calendar year, but if you’d like to contribute to a future issue we welcome your participation. After all, Partyline is your online magazine.