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Editorial: Celebrating & Supporting Our Rural Health Workforce

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Caring for the Carers: GPs4RuralDocs strengthens rural health from the inside out

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Staying local, saving lives: How the South West is growing its own nurses

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From community spirit to lasting impact: Mareeba and Communities Family Healthcare

Dorji Yuden, Clinical Services Coordinator Counsellor

Five years and counting: Celebrating staff dedication

Photo 2 - The mobile ultrasound machines are very compact; they fit into a small suitcase, probes, gel and all!

Bringing ultrasound to the outback: A rural sonographer’s journey

2023 Work Experience Students in Maternity

A unique work experience pathway program with local impact on the rural health workforce

10TH Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium. Research from the heart shaping rural & remote health futures. Program available
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Bringing urology back to the bush: Dr Attwell-Heaps’s story of rural renewal

Primary school children with SES heroes who supported them through the floods.

MacKillop Seasons – Support for disaster resilience  

Randall, Clarissa and Bobby in front of a fixed wing aircraft

The gift that gave Angel Flight wings

Vahid at Penny Royal Adventure Park in Launceston Tasmania

From hospital halls to the heart of Australia

Image caption: A student explores rural practice through a virtual reality headset at the 2025 Western Sydney University Open Day in Parramatta, as the University Chancellor watches on. Photo credit: Bathurst Rural Clinical School

Virtual Reality for transforming rural workforce recruitment in bathurst

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From bushfires to breathwork: How one nurse brought self-care to the frontlines of rural health

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Temora Nurse Asha: Building a health buddy system through coffee, connection and care

Staff next to the Mount Gambier Head to Health sign

The future of Head to Health with the Peer Workforce

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Sparking career aspirations through co-created virtual reality

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On the road with Ed Mosby: Supporting rural mental health in Queensland

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The Healthy Ky Project 

Danielle Taylor with young boy playing with cards

Leading with Heart: Danielle Taylor’s impact on rural child health

Angus on outreach at Kintore clinic with their ‘Heart Doctor’ sign.

The only cardiologist in Alice Springs, a lived experience

Emma in front of RFDS aircraft

Building the future of outback healthcare: RFDS student placements tackling rural workforce shortages

Dr Julia-Rose Satre

Walking with purpose: Dr Julia-Rose Satre on culture, care, and community

Kombi van at sunset

A Kombi, a calling, and a community: One nurse’s journey through rural aged care

Captain Starlight with child and toys

“It felt like you weren’t the only one out there”

A lighthearted moment at the 2025 Murrumbidgee Aged Care Forum.

Rural resilience on show in the Murrumbidgee

Rural Aid staff with farmer and potty calves’ photo - Supporting farmers through every season, Rural Aid lends a hand with practical help and a friendly presence in the yards.

Rural Aid in the community: Local people, lasting support

Psychologists across NSW, QLD and Vic at the CRAFT training day, held at the Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University

Supporting the supporters: Helping families navigate substance use

Pain Revolution Tour

Transforming pain care in Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay QLD

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Destination Medicine: Inspiring careers in rural and remote health

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A volunteer community immersion program in remote Northwest Australia

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Who Looks After the Health of Rural GPs?

Two people at a confernce booth with Eating Disorder banners

Breaking the silence: Tackling eating disorders in rural Australia through the InsideOut GP Hub

Youth Reference Group camp 2025

Peer Work – providing hope and a career path for young people in South Eastern NSW

Our far north team uniting to promote the Good Life - Kimberley style

Supporting Our Workforce, Strengthening Our Communities

Dr Prue Wallin and family

Building a life, not just a career: Dr Prue Wallin on rural medicine

Black haired dog and brown dog with OHS Staff Wellness vest

How two dogs are transforming a hospital.

Community gardening participants

How a community garden is creating something greater than garden beds

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Growing our own rural mental health professionals

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Making shiftwork healthier: What I wish I knew sooner

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Weaving Culture into Care at Northeast Health Wangaratta

Aged Care peer support brochure

Peer support: a promising model for boosting aged care staff wellbeing in the rural setting

Two dental works standing in front of a mobile dental clinic truck

Opinion Piece: Should Local Government be responsible for funding & delivering health services?

Medical Student Xanthie Harvey has been fortunate to undertake GP placements across regional and rural NSW including Wagga Wagga, Tamworth and Cobar, highlighting how these experiences are key to inspiring the future rural health workforce.

Refugee health in Wagga Wagga