Rural Doctors Association Australia

08/03/2026

INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY!!

With RDAA Pres Dr Sarah Chalmers and CEO Peta Rutherford at the helm, RDAA continues to pave the way for female leaders in rural medicine.

Sarah pictured here with RDANSW Pres Dr Rachel Christmas. RDAV Pres Dr Louise Manning is another of our current rural leaders shaping the future of our rural health workforce.

At Rural Practice Owners Conference - celebrating the amazing female leaders in rural medicine RDAA President Dr Sarah Chalmers and RDANSW President Dr Rachel Christmas.

08/03/2026

Final plenary session of the Rural Practice Owners Conference - organisations supporting rural medical practices & what else is needed???
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) RACGP Health Workforce Qld, People Project Tasmania & RDAA

08/03/2026

At Rural Practice Owners Conference - celebrating the amazing female leaders in rural medicine RDAA President Dr Sarah Chalmers and RDANSW President Dr Rachel Christmas.

07/03/2026

Kicking off Day 2 of Rural Practice Owners Conference. Thanks to support of Gold Partners Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and RACGP Rural

06/03/2026

RDAA appreciates the support of Rural a Gold Partner for the first Rural Practice Owners Conference 7&8 March 2026 on the Gold Coast. RACGP supports members by providing resources which cover a variety of topics pertinent to general practice ownership. These resources include handbooks, guides, FAQs, information sheets and clinical checklists. Access the resources here: https://www.racgp.org.au/running-a-practice/practice-resources/practice-tools

05/03/2026

Running a rural medical practice is complex — workforce, hospital commitments, compliance, finances and community care all at once.

That’s why rural practice owners from across Australia are meeting on the Gold Coast for the RDAA Rural Practice Owners Conference.

Two days focused on the real business of rural healthcare.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4roQMgE

Medical practice owners from across rural and remote Australia will tomorrow [7 March 25] gathering on the Gold Coast for the first day of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia’s (RDAA) Rural Practice Owners Conference 2026.

05/03/2026

When the rural health crew gets together good things happen!

RDAA’s Anita Rodrigues Macias supporting Rural Doctors Association of Victoria - RDAV at the RWAV - Rural Workforce Agency Victoria Conference

(Anita and RDAV President Dr Louise Manning pictured below).

Working together to strengthen rural health across Australia.

03/03/2026

We were delighted to be at Parliament House in Canberra this morning for the forum 'Challenges of Implementing the Second Edition National Consensus Framework for Rural Maternity Services', hosted by the Australian Parliamentary Friends for Maternal Health and organised by Maternal Health Matters.

The forum considered ways to protect and restore rural birthing services; discussed their important role in saving lives, preventing avoidable harm from long distance travel, and upholding equity and choice for birthing women in rural and remote communities; and heard rural women’s own experiences of accessing perinatal care.

The presenters at the forum included two of our very own long-term RDA members - Adjunct Professor Jenny May AM (who addressed the forum in her role as National Rural Health Commissioner) and Dr Marian Dover, a Rural Generalist Obstetrician living and working in the East Kimberley region of remote Western Australia! 🤩

Thanks to the Parliamentary Friends for Maternal Health and Maternal Health Matters for making today's event possible.

Maternal Health Matters

02/03/2026

We’re proud to welcome the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) as a Gold Partner of the 2026 RDAA Rural Practice Owners Conference.

ACRRM plays a vital role in strengthening the Rural Generalist workforce and supporting high-quality care across rural and remote Australia.

We look forward to their insights and contribution to this year’s program.

Register now https://bit.ly/RuralPracticeOwners2026

01/03/2026

Rural Practice Owners Conference is supporting the work of the Rural Doctors Foundation with our fundraising dinner on Saturday 7 March 2026.

Rural Doctors Foundation are hosting a silent auction with bids now open, so even if you are not joining us on the Gold Coast, you can be part of the fun. Bid now & bid often https://aus.givergy.com/ruraldoctorsfoundation
Register for Conference or buy your Charity Dinner tickets here https://bit.ly/RuralPracticeOwners2026

Huge seafood buffet to enjoy & live music!!!!!!

01/03/2026

Our latest episode in series 4 of podcasts, you get two amazing RGs Drs Clare and David Walker from Longreach. They have managed to balance RG roles, med admin, medical advocacy (a past & current Rural Doctors Association of Queensland - RDAQ President), children & a racecourse rose garden. Listen to their story and catch up on past episodes here https://destinationrural.buzzsprout.com

25/02/2026

RACGP invites members to join us for breakfast at 7.30am on Sunday 8 March at the RDAA Practice Owners Conference. Register here: https://bit.ly/RuralPracticeOwners2026 & select the breakfast in your program options.