National Rural Health Alliance

National Rural Health Alliance is the peak body working to improve the health of Australians in rural and remote areas. It is comprised of 28 Member Bodies, representing health consumers, service providers and other organisations in non-metropolitan areas.

10th National Rural Health Conference

The 10th National Rural Health Conference was held in Cairns from 17−20 May 2009.

See the Conference website for the Communique and Recommendations. The full text of available papers will be available for download there soon.

STOP PRESS: Selection of Conference photographs now available

friends of the Alliance

friends of the Alliance is a network of people and organisations working to improve health and well-being in rural and remote Australia by supporting the National Rural Health Alliance.

The primary aim of friends is to support the work of the Alliance and to facilitate communication among people and organisations interested in health issues in rural and remote Australia.

In The Media

Quick Links

NRHA WEBSITE

Rural Health Champion Honoured [pdf]
The National Rural Health Alliance salutes its Executive Director, Gordon Gregory, who was awarded an OAM in this weekend’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

Interview with Gordon Gregory [mp3]

ABC 666 Afternoons presenter Genevieve Jacobs interviews Gordon Gregory and discusses his history with the Alliance and current rural health issues.

Public Symposium Proceedings [html]

In September 2008 the NRHA held a public symposium on National planning in the rural and remote health sector. View the presentations here.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Message Stick: Health [html]

Miriam Corowa interviews Tom Calma, Dr Ngiare Brown and Dr Mick Adams on the ABC's Message Stick program.

Australian Journal of Rural Health [html]

Free access to the February 2009 issue.

Contact AHCRA [html]
Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA)

Walk for Awareness [html]

My 1000 km walk from Newcastle to Melbourne.

The Alliance receives core funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.