23 March 2026

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Remote healthcare’s unique challenges need unique solutions, RDAA President to tell federal politicians

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Providing healthcare in a remote community is extremely rewarding, but it comes with unique challenges – and this needs to be better recognised through more targeted health policy and remote health workforce measures – RDAA President, Dr Sarah Chalmers, will tell federal politicians at an RDAA breakfast briefing at Parliament House in Canberra tomorrow (Tuesday). RDAA’s briefing is an annual event, bringing together remote and rural doctors from across Australia, federal politicians and other stakeholders to discuss key issues impacting the remote and rural health sector.

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