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La Trobe University has officially unveiled its $21 million Rural Dentistry and Oral Health Clinical School in central Bendigo, enabling closer integration between teaching, research and placement to position students at the forefront of regional healthcare delivery. The new facility, now located on Arnold Street within La Trobe’s Clinical Teaching Building and adjacent to Bendigo Health, … Continued
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A joint emergency response by five local councils during one of the most severe weather events in Victorian history has redefined how regional organisations can work together to save property and lives, a new study has found. The councils in northern Victoria (part of the Northern Victorian Emergency Management Cluster) activated a shared response during … Continued
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Rural community organisations across Australia are invited to apply for funding to upgrade local hall and community centre facilities through Rabobank’s newly-launched Community Hub Improvement Program. The program – which is planned to run annually – has an overall pool of $120,000 available, providing the opportunity for 12 selected applicants to receive funding of … Continued
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Lockyer Valley Foods and Lockyer Fruit & Veggie Cooperative have partnered with high profile Queensland radio identity Ben Dobbin to produce a 12-episode podcast series which aims to raise awareness of the proposed cannery and food processing facility at Withcott. Founding director Colin Dorber said the Produce Pod series has been produced at the … Continued
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Who do children try to tell? Learning from victims and survivors about what helps disclosure and responses to child sexual abuse Researcher: Dr Corina Modderman, Senior Lecturer and Discipline Lead for Social Work Contact: [email protected] or 0481 957 507 Story angles: Why high rates of child sexual abuse remain in Australia despite decades of investment … Continued
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The National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) is proud to acknowledge Associate Professor David Anthony Rimmer, a valued member of the NRHA Council, along with Dr Peter Robert Rischbieth, Associate Professor Emma Margaret Kennedy, and Dr Margaret Mary Niemann who were honoured in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours for their outstanding contributions to rural health practice … Continued
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Remote Northern Territory communities faced with hazardous wastes, slow recovery and displacement after natural disasters will become equipped to manage disaster waste, after a Charles Darwin University-led (CDU) project received major federal funding. The three-year project, led by CDU’s Northern Institute, has been granted $365,876 through the Australian Government’s Disaster Ready Fund to develop Disaster … Continued
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Regional communities, particularly those living in renewable energy regions across Australia, now have certainty following the weekend’s federal election result. The nation has clearly endorsed the job we’re already halfway through completing: powering our national electricity grid with a mix of renewable sources. RE-Alliance, an independent not-for-profit working for more than a decade with regional … Continued
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24 MARCH, 2025 Who: Charles Darwin University Senior Lecturer Dr Olivia Fisher, who is also an implementation scientist, health services and mental health researcher based at Wesley Research Institute. Topics: New research on how clinicians and health leaders are willing to accept a lower standard of care for people in rural and remote areas … Continued
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The transformation of 319 River Street, Ballina, New South Wales, is officially underway, with CADRE breaking ground this month on the highly anticipated Total Tools Ballina development. This marks another milestone for CADRE, solidifying its position as a key player in large-format retail development and investment along the eastern seaboard. CADRE strategically acquired off-market, … Continued
