A teenage girl was given Panadol by a remote north-west Queensland hospital and sent home on multiple occasions before succumbing to a serious heart condition that went untreated, Four Corners has revealed. Yvette “Betty” Booth was just 18 when she died from ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this material may contain images of deceased persons. Across the vast, red desert of northwest South Australia, Terrie Ivanhoe is helping to deliver the COVID-19 response in the country’s most remote Indigenous ...

A five-minute drive is all it takes Nicole Murphy to travel to work every day in the small community of Weipa. Short compared to the road she has travelled to get here. The day we talk, I am holed up ...

Working in remote areas has some disadvantages but one of the big pluses is being a valued member of a community. By Linda Belardi Sue Stewart had only planned to stay for six months at Bidyadanga clinic in Western Australia’s ...

Transition to remote area nursing – orientating nurses new to remote and indigenous health. Given the unique context, and the inseparable work and living conditions in which remote area practitioners provide health care services, it is of utmost importance that ...