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Remote Australia is a vast and complex area. To create opportunity, foster social inclusion and drive economic development in this region, you need a comprehensive knowledge base to drive change.
Remote Australia Online is exactly that. It’s an online platform that delivers authoritative research on topics that impact this region and its people, including education and its pathways, policy, business, social and cultural welfare, infrastructure, communication and natural resource management.
Remote Australia Online is for those who want to delve deeper into the complexities of remote Australia: its intricate and interconnected networks, the geographical, social, cultural and environmental influences, its opportunities, challenges, and to understand just what makes this unique region tick.
Researching school engagement of Aboriginal students and their families from regional and remote areas project: Yipirinya School case study
- Authors: Holmes, Cat, Guenther, John, Morris, Gavin, O'Brien, Doris, Inkamala, Jennifer, Wilson, Jessie, McCormack, Rasharna
- Published: 2024
Over the last few years, attendance rates in remote schools have fallen, and Year 12 completions have also dropped. We are not sure why this is, though events like COVID-19,…
Correspondence: Point-of-care testing for sepsis in remote Australia and for First Nations peoples
- Authors: Spaeth, Brooke, Taylor, Sean, Shephard, Mark, Reed, Richard L., Omond, Rodney, Karnon, Jonathan, Bonevski, Billie, Rissel, Chris, Ullah, Shahid, Noutsos, Tina, Stephens, Jacqueline H., Smith, James A., Wilson, Annabelle, Abbenbroek, Brett, de Courcy-Ireland, Emma, Finfer, Simon
- Published: 2024
In Australia, over 55,000 people are diagnosed with sepsis every year1. More than one-quarter of sepsis cases result in death and almost half of all survivors are left with a…
Transforming health care delivery: The role of primary health care nurses in rural and remote Australia
- Authors: Robinson, T., Govan, L., Bradley, C., Rossiter, R.
- Published: 2024
AIM: This paper describes the policy context and approaches taken to improve access to primary health care in Australia by supporting nurses to deliver improved integrated care meeting community needs.…
“The risk to reward for being an out proud survivor”: Reflections on the #MeToo movement from rural and remote Australia
- Authors: Innis, Jessie, Chung, Donna, Schulze, Darcee
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
- Published: 2024
In October 2017, the #MeToo hashtag went viral on social media; emerging as a global medium for solidarity between women who had experienced sexual violence. However, the contextless nature of…
“A huge gap”: Health care provider perspectives on cancer screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory
- Authors: Taylor, Emma V., Dugdale, Sarah, Connors, Christine M., Garvey, Gail, Thompson, Sandra C.
- Published: 2024
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory (NT). Accessible and culturally appropriate cancer screening programs are a…
Energy justice of sociotechnical imaginaries of light and life in the bush
- Author: Cain, Anna
- Published: 2024
This paper tells the story of off-grid remote renewable energy rollouts in Indigenous communities in Northern Australia. While the analysis is specific to Australia, it has broader lessons about incorporating…
Capacity building to address antimicrobial resistance in remote Australia: The inaugural HOT NORTH Antimicrobial Academy
- Authors: Bowen, A. C., Smith, B., Daveson, K., Eldridge, L., Hempenstall, A., Mylne, T., Szalkowski, R., Van Rooijen, K., Anderson, L., Stephens, M., Tong, S. Y. C., Yarwood, T.
- Published: 2024
Background Rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) for some pathogens in Australia are considerably higher in rural and remote compared to urban regions. The inaugural Hot North Antimicrobial Academy was a…
Barriers and enablers of dementia training in healthcare workers in rural and remote Australia: A scoping review to inform future approaches to training
- Authors: Thompson, Sandra, Shukralla, Heidi, Fyfe, Katrina, Newman, Ellie, Fitzgerald, Kathryn
- Published: 2024
Introduction Dementia is now responsible for the greatest burden of disease of any chronic illness in older Australians. Rural and remote communities bear the impacts of this disproportionately. Additional training…
Experience of and recommendations for creating new rural and remote psychology placements
- Authors: Ohan, Jeneva L., Wilson, Catherine, Saulsman, Lisa, Becerra, Rodrigo, Rasiah, Rohan L.
- Publisher: Routledge
- Published: 2024
Changing some profession-specific placement requirements will facilitate future placement creation and sustainabilityPsychology is inequitably distributed between metropolitan and rural/remote areas; creating rural/remote student placements can help redress this discrepancy. We…
Using photovoice to generate solutions to improve food security among families living in remote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia
- Authors: Chappell, Emma, Chan, Ellie, Deen, Caroline, Brimblecombe, Julie, Cadet-James, Yvonne, Hefler, Marita, Stubbs, Emma, Ferguson, Megan
- Published: 2024
The right to food security has been recognised internationally, and nationally in Australia by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations. This study aims to explore food (in)security and solutions for improvement…
A systematic review of effective local, community or peer-delivered interventions to improve well-being and employment in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia
- Authors: Luke, Jennifer, Bartlett, Cristy, March, Sonja, McIlveen, Peter
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Published: 2024
Objective To systematically review evaluated local, community or peer-delivered well-being and employment interventions delivered within regional, rural and remote Australia. Design Searches within nine databases retrieved peer-reviewed and grey literature…
Development of a survey tool to assess the environmental determinants of health-enabling food retail practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of remote Australia
- Authors: van Burgel, Emma, Fairweather, Molly, Hill, Amanda, Christian, Meaghan, Ferguson, Megan, Lee, Amanda, Funston, Sarah, Fredericks, Bronwyn, McMahon, Emma, Pollard, Christina, Brimblecombe, Julie
- Published: 2024
Environmental factors can impact the ability of food retail businesses to implement best practice health-enabling food retail. Methods: We co-designed a short-item survey on factors influencing food retail health-enabling practice…
Current status of tertiary healthcare services and its accessibility in rural and remote Australia: A systematic review
- Authors: Baazeem, Mazen, Kruger, Estie, Tennant, Marc
- Published: 2024
The study evaluated the current state and accessibility of tertiary healthcare services in rural Australia. A systematic literature review from 2010 to 2022 was undertaken, utilising databases such as PubMed,…
Tele-otology for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Living in Rural and Remote Areas
- Authors: Habib, Al-Rahim, Crossland, Graeme, Sacks, Raymond, Singh, Narinder, Patel, Hemi
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Published: 2024
Objective To evaluate a referral-based, tele-otology service in rural and remote areas of the Northern Territory, Australia. Methods A retrospective observational cohort study was performed of a tele-otology service in…
Costs and healthcare use of patients with chronic kidney disease in the Northern Territory, Australia
- Authors: Chen, Winnie, Howard, Kirsten, Gorham, Gillian, Abeyaratne, Asanga, Zhao, Yuejen, Adegboye, Oyelola, Kangaharan, Nadarajah, Talukder, Mohammad Radwanur Rahman, Taylor, Sean, Cass, Alan, Territory Kidney Care Steering, Committee
- Published: 2024
The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is high in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia. This study aims to describe the healthcare use and associated costs of people at risk…
Pirnilu Nintipungkupayi (Everyone is a teacher): Keeping old people's spirit healthy through education
- Authors: Buchanan, Jennie, Ward, Daisy, Ellis, Elizabeth Marrikiyi, Turner, Jan, Palmer, Dave
- Published: 2024
In the Ngaanyatjarra Lands of desert Western Australia, older people are being encouraged to participate meaningfully in student education. This initiative is being led by two of the authors of…
Ophthalmic findings in Aboriginal children with high rates of prenatal alcohol exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: The Lililwan Project
- Authors: Tsang, Tracey W., Allen, Tiffany, Turner, Angus, Bowyer, Joshua, Fitzpatrick, James, Latimer, Jane, Oscar, June, Carter, Maureen, Elliott, Elizabeth J.
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- Published: 2024
To describe ophthalmic findings in an Indigenous paediatric population and the associations between fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), and eye anomalies. Medical records were reviewed for…
Melding language and image: Kaytetye Indigemoji as a language learning project
- Authors: Lea, Bridey, Turpin, Myfany, Liddle Perrurle, Joel
- Publisher: Routledge
- Published: 2024
In recent years, digital projects have created tools for learning languages, such as mobile applications (apps). In contexts where the language has low prestige, innovative digital learning tools can support…
Developing an integrated clinical decision support system for the early identification and management of kidney disease—building cross-sectoral partnerships
- Authors: Gorham, Gillian, Abeyaratne, Asanga, Heard, Sam, Moore, Liz, George, Pratish, Kamler, Paul, Majoni, Sandawana William, Chen, Winnie, Balasubramanya, Bhavya, Talukder, Mohammad Radwanur, Pascoe, Sophie, Whitehead, Adam, Sajiv, Cherian, Maple-Brown, Louise, Kangaharan, Nadarajah, Cass, Alan
- Published: 2024
The burden of chronic conditions is growing in Australia with people in remote areas experiencing high rates of disease, especially kidney disease. Health care in remote areas of the Northern…
Culturally appropriate psychotherapy and its retention: An example from Far North Queensland (Australia)
- Authors: Everson, George, Spring, Breeanna, Middleton, Jocelyn, Richardson, Alice, Gardiner, Fergus W.
- Published: 2024
Background Culturally appropriate mental health care is essential in remote Australia. However, while associated with the development of an effective therapeutic alliance, current literature insufficiently reports the retention and psychotherapy…