The Government’s 65% cut to the allied health stream of the Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme (NAHSSS) is a massive blow to the future of the workforce in rural Australia and shows that health in our regions simply isn’t a priority for the Turnbull Government. To make matters worse, the Government has

It will soon cost more to see a GP, with doctors set to raise their recommended fees for a standard visit to $78 from the 1November 2016. As rural doctors met in Canberra this week for the Rural Medicine Australia annual conference, the AMA’s recommended increase in GP fees puts a further burden on rural

Thank you for the opportunity to address you. I pay respect to the traditional and original owners of this land the Muwinina people, to those that have passed before us and I acknowledge today’s Tasmanian Aboriginal community who are the custodians of this land. Firstly, I thank you all for the extraordinary work you do