As a federal election looms, it's time to bring major nursing issues to attention. By Louis White On the eve of the recent Western Australian state election, premier Colin Barnett caved in to nurses' demands for a 14 per cent ...

Nurses will play a leading role in ensuring all Australians get equal access to healthcare – if they get support. By Amie Larter By the year 2020, the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) hopes all Australians will have equal access ...

The pluses of working in rural areas have been pushed aside by those who concentrate on the negatives, writes Lisa Bourke. Most people have heard about the challenges with rural and remote health but this constant focus avoids discussion of ...

The rapid increase of fly-in fly-out workers in rural areas is posing a number of complex challenges for medical staff. Flynn Murphy reports. The resources bonanza has sparked one of Australia’s largest ever periods of uninterrupted economic growth, but the ...

Australian researchers have identified a link between proximity to treatment centres and cancer survival for rural dwellers. People with colorectal cancer in rural areas have a greater chance of dying than their city cousins because treatment facilities are so far ...

Rural nurses and midwives will be supported in undertaking further training. Nurses and midwives will be supported in undertaking further training away from their place of employment under the Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme. The scheme, to be ...