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Six hours west of Dubbo — Making injury management work in rural and remote Australia (Part 2)

Lauren Finestone

Distance, workforce churn and mistrust shape injury management in rural and remote communities. What needs to change to make recovery more consistent beyond metropolitan Australia?

Part 1 showed how distance, workforce churn and mistrust shape injury management in rural and remote communities. Part 2 looks at what can work in practice — and what needs to change to make recovery more consistent beyond metropolitan Australia. Telehealth as a complement, not a replacement Telehealth has long been used in mining and remote health. StateCover reports that about 9% of treating doctor appointments and 30% of psychology app...

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Published 23 June, 2026 | Updated 23 June, 2026