Media Appearances

The Hon. Mark Coulton MP announces new program upskills allied health professionals for regional work. A two-year education program that will create incentives for allied health professionals to work in regional areas and better equip them with the skills needed for rural practice was announced in Dubbo.

Helping young allied health professionals tackle the challenges of working in the bush is the focus of a new $3.2 million national scheme announced in Dubbo by Minister for Regional Services Mark Coulton on Thursday.

Improving energy efficiency of existing home to create healthy, safe and affordable homes Letter To COAG Energy Ministers, The 40 organisations supporting this letter are urging COAG Energy Ministers to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes by supporting the measures and activities outlined in this letter at the upcoming Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council meeting on 22 November 2019.... Read the full letter here.

The Port Lincoln Times have published an article about the 2016 SARRAH Conference. Mr Wellington said, "like general practice and nursing, one of the big challenges for allied health was attracting workers to regional areas and there was no easy answers to addressing this." Click here to read the full article

The Tasmanian Times have published an article about the 2016 Kate Scanlon Award winner. Tasmanian social worker Hui-Yu Yao plans to use her passion for art and creative activities to run a 12-week pilot project, called “My Journey, My Story” after winning the 2016 Kate Scanlon Award announced by Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH) today. Please click on the link below to read the full article. Social Worker with cretaive flair for rehabilitation wins rural health award

SARRAH received coverage for its 2016 SARRAH Conference on Southern Cross News on Thursday October 27. You can view the video package by visiting Southern Cross News(link is external) and then navigate to SC NEWS SA THURSDAY 271016.MOV. Once the video plays, skip to 14:24 to view the story. 

This article in Farm Weekly discusses the SARRAH/Novartis report launched at Parliament House yesterday, and the need for allied health in rural & remote Australia. It includes quotes from politicians and an interview with our CEO, Rod Wellington. Please click on the article below to read the article.  Report Backs Rural Health Funding Boost

Rod Wellington, SARRAH's CEO, spoke at the Public Health Crisis Forum at the National Press Club of Australia on Tuesday 10 November 2015. The topic of the forum was 'Hidden Harms: How concealed budget cuts are killing Australia’s health sector'.

SARRAH's CEO, Rod Wellington, in an interview with ABC Riverina on the topic of allied health professionals in rural and remote Australia. Please click on the link below to listen to this interview.  ABC NSW - How is your health?