Rural
Health & Medicine
Keeping rural Australians out of hospital
Accessing health care in rural Australia is challenging, but without it, patients can end up in hospital for preventable reasons
Health & Medicine
Bringing clinical trials to regional patients
Clinical trials are linked to better health outcomes, but people in rural and regional areas don’t have equitable access
Health & Medicine
It’s more than the money: Getting GPs to go to rural areas
While Australia’s Federal Budget promises more money to rural GPs, will the cash make a difference when it comes to getting and keeping doctors in remote Australia?
Environment
The global problem of thirsty cities
Globally, around 500 million people experience water shortages and that figure is only going up; but good governance and smart water management could lead to collaboration rather than competition
Politics & Society
India’s electrifying election
India is now officially 99 per cent electrified, but the country’s power supply remains high on the political agenda in the upcoming general election
Health & Medicine
How do we close the gaps in appropriate antibiotic use?
Collaboration is key to strengthening antimicrobial stewardship across regional and remote Australia
Health & Medicine
Attracting (and keeping) Australia’s rural health workers
Supporting more health workers to remain in rural and remote Australian communities is about helping them settle in socially, as well as professionally
Education
The problem with staffing rural schools
Attracting new teachers to country schools remains one of the biggest challenges in Australian education
Business & Economics
Putting doctors under a data microscope
An examination of doctors’ working lives is raising questions about their efficiency and effectiveness
Sciences & Technology
From Burundi to Australia: Transplanting farming know-how
In the dry heat of Mildura, an agricultural revolution is taking place as East African refugees share their skills with Australian researchers