Current Issue 96. October 2026

18 NRHC audience and lectern artwork

Editorial – Spotlighting priority populations: bringing missing voices to the fore

Presenters at the 18NRHC

Priority populations at the heart of 18NRHC  

Hand painted emu egg

Their paths crossed before they ever met

Man using a laptop on a lounge

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Group of four people standing front of business sign "Your Health Griffith"

Finding local solutions to thin market challenges in aged care

The introduction of an ear loupe and microsuction service is helping patients access specialised ear care closer to home in Portland Victoria.

Improving ear health close to home

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Teenage boys with computers

No safety net without a signal – three things we can do about it

Person showing a wall illustration of diabetes info to another person

Supporting communities to stay strong

Three children jumping into a river from a bridge

Beyond the swimming pool: revealing a gap in evidence

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WA Centre for Rural Health rural placement dietitian students launching the ‘Earth to Table’ recipe booklet at Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service.

From Earth to Table: cultural food knowledge helping shape healthier futures

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ET Cake in front of Parliament House Canberra

When the shaking starts, community matters most

two teachers with a class of children

Rural voices strengthen support for children and families

Children playing inflatable guitars wearing fairy skirts

Tooth fairies find more than just money in teeth

Anita Moss

Continuity of care making a difference for women in Robinvale

Runners legs on a road

Bringing specialist sport and exercise medicine care to Orange, NSW

Workshop agttendees gathered for group photos

From Alice Springs to Melbourne, co-designing cancer care

Connect Well Nowra team, from L-R, Jess Dawson (nurse, quoted in article), Dr Summit Goudar (GP), and Karen Alexander (Health Linker).

Rebuilding trust in health care after family, domestic, and sexual violence

A woman's hand placed on another on a knee

A real story about carer fatigue and burnout

A female nurse involved with a surgery

Keeping rural shift workers healthy

Rural pharmacist with pregnant patient

The people rural WA cannot do without

Gazebo with pearl shell mosiac reflectors hanging in the park

Dancing into hearing health

Hayden and Pirate the Dalmatian dog

Finding connection through the dementia journey in rural Australia

Person putting on rubber gloves in a white labcoat

Resolve antibiotic resistance in remote NT communities

Dr Sanjay Gyawali, Miss Coco Jeffrey (Monash medical student) and Miss Brooke Mathews (patient) at BDAC clinic rooms.

Where community becomes medicine

Person doll holding a sign that reads Smoking causes cancer in a lot of places (including the butt).

Time to stub it out for good

Illustration of coins and note

The blood test took three minutes

three peoples feet on wooden floor

Improving foot care in rural Queensland

Kate Toomey in front of presentation

Community leaders become sexual health champions

Young parents with baby boy

Navigating cancer as a young adult in rural Australia

Teenage boy learning to brush teeth with a dentist

Protecting the smiles of children in care

Vovo the Kelpie at Back Beach

A walk to Back Beach: finding a way in when home is hard to find

Associate Professor Richard Fletcher, PhD, Principal Investigator of SMS4Dads and SMS4DeadlyDads alongside the South Australia Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Grief and Loss Advisory Group. Photo by SMS4DeadlyDads Team.

Text messages for grieving First Nations dads

Disability Healthcare Specialist with Mid North Coast Local Health District staff and resources provided to them by the project.

It’s the little things that make a big difference

Woman wearing head scarf with another woman with hands on her shoulder

Beyond the distance: connecting cancer care

Uncle Victor Wright at Yulu Punaal teaching local children how to make cultural artefacts. Image by Campfire x for iLA

Living well, staying strong: lessons from Aboriginal Elders

Hands using a blood glucose meter

Getting insulin care right, one step at a time