Submissions received by the Committee


The factors affecting the supply of health services and medical professionals in rural areas

Submissions received by the Committee

Sub No.

1Dr Virginia Wrice (PDF 43KB) 
2Victorian Healthcare Association (PDF 136KB) 
3Dr Timothy Wood (PDF 52KB) 
4Dr Tilak Dissanayake (PDF 42KB) 
5The University of Western Australia (PDF 150KB) 
6The Council of Ambulance Authorities Inc. (PDF 264KB) 
7RWM Consultancy (PDF 104KB) Attachment 1(PDF 1007KB) 
8Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (PDF 123KB) 
9Dr Rosalind Menzies (PDF 60KB) 
10Riverina Institute TAFE NSW (PDF 2769KB) 
11Dr Rhys Henning (PDF 93KB) 
12Associate Professor Pieter Mourik (PDF 107KB) 
13Dr Philip Dawson (PDF 54KB) 
14Dr Peter Lake (PDF 881KB) 
15Mrs Patricia Coloe (PDF 562KB) 
16Orbost Regional Health (PDF 44KB) 
17NT Health Workforce as a unit of GPNNT (PDF 206KB) 
18NSW Rural Doctors Network (PDF 90KB) 
19Dr Martin Byrne (PDF 20KB) 
20Dr Louise Marsh (PDF 26KB) 
21Dr Leslie Woollard (PDF 58KB) 
22Dr Andrew Egan (PDF 38KB) 
23Dr Gilbert Wallace (PDF 39KB) 
24Dr Geoff White (PDF 56KB) 
25Dr Ewen McPhee (PDF 196KB) 
26CRANAplus (PDF 209KB) 
27Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (PDF 149KB) 
28Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (PDF 72KB) 
29Associate Professor Alan Chater (PDF 807KB) 
30Dr Michael Williams (PDF 92KB) 
31Dr Daniel Manahan (PDF 21KB) 
32Centre of Research Excellence in Rural and Remote Primary Health Care (PDF 885KB) 
33Dr Ka Chun Tse (PDF 59KB) 
34Dr Aniello Iannuzzi (PDF 22KB) 
35NSW Health (PDF 116KB) 
36Townsville-Mackay Medicare Local (PDF 188KB) 
37Young District Medical Centre (PDF 79KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 75KB) 
38Dr Lachlan Lipsett (PDF 64KB) 
39Dr Colin Pate OAM (PDF 2853KB) 
40Dr Elizabeth Dodd (PDF 38KB) 
41The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (PDF 410KB) 
42Australian Medical Association (PDF 212KB) Attachment 1(PDF 105KB) Attachment 2(PDF 54KB) 
43Rural Doctors Association Victoria (PDF 314KB) 
44Optometrists Association Australia (PDF 914KB) 
45Dr Christine Lucas (PDF 1739KB) 
46Australian Paediatric Society (PDF 158KB) 
47Dental Health Services Victoria (PDF 347KB) 
48Central Loddon Mallee Medical Workforce Group (PDF 91KB) 
49General Practice Victoria (PDF 258KB) 
50Cessnock City Council (PDF 6934KB) 
51Dr Tony Lian-Lloyd (PDF 4146KB) 
52Broken Hill City Council (PDF 2454KB) 
53Dungog Shire Council (PDF 84KB) 
54Western District Health Service (WDHS) (PDF 155KB) 
55Dr. Paul Beiboer (PDF 82KB) 
56The Council of the Shire of Brewarrina (PDF 427KB) 
57Upper Hunter Shire Council  (PDF 2108KB) 
58Royal Flying Doctor Service (PDF 192KB) 
59Tropical Medical Training (PDF 155KB) 
60General Practice Queensland (PDF 148KB) 
61Mr Peter Mclnerney (PDF 16KB) 
62Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (PDF 301KB) 
63Dr Peter Chilcott (PDF 85KB) 
64Catholic Health Australia (PDF 334KB) 
65The Hon Bruce Scott (PDF 103KB) 
66Health Workforce Queensland (PDF 342KB) 
67Rural Doctors Association of Australia (PDF 244KB) 
68Charles Sturt University (PDF 1200KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 17170KB) 
69Tasmanian Government Department of Health and Human Services (PDF 680KB) 
70South East Regional Organisation of Councils (PDF 264KB) 
71Australian Physiotherapy Association  (PDF 409KB) 
72Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (PDF 4914KB) 
73Australian Dental Association Inc. (PDF 301KB) 
74Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (PDF 516KB) Attachment 1(PDF 1183KB) 
75Dr John M Boully (PDF 89KB) 
76The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (PDF 62KB) 
77Speech Language Therapy Strategic Leadership Network, Education Queensland (PDF 101KB) 
78Exercise and Sports Science Australia (PDF 31KB) Attachment 1(PDF 504KB) 
79Mr Christoph Ahrens MD (PDF 85KB) 
80General Practice Registrars Australia (PDF 356KB) 
81WA Country Health Service (PDF 408KB) 
82Royal College of Nursing, Australia (PDF 20415KB) 
83Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PDF 135KB) 
84Ms Karen Hutchinson (PDF 143KB) 
85Mr Chris Littlemore (PDF 20KB) 
86Dietitians Association of Australia (PDF 112KB) 
87Australian Psychological Society  (PDF 546KB) 
88Dr Geoff Courtis (PDF 5KB) 
89City Of Mount Gambier (PDF 149KB) 
90Dr Cameron Robertson (PDF 101KB) 
91Cherbourg Hospital (PDF 61KB) 
92Warrumbungle Shire Council  (PDF 271KB) 
93Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences, James Cook University (PDF 576KB) 
94Dr Kyle Sheldrick (PDF 75KB) Attachment 1(PDF 130KB) 
95National Rural Health Alliance Inc. (PDF 803KB) Attachment 1(PDF 1794KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 5055KB) 
96Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) (PDF 3227KB) 
97East Grampians Health Service (PDF 1056KB) 
98Dubbo City Council (PDF 657KB) 
99Great Lakes Council (PDF 1055KB) 
100Confidential
101Confidential
102Name Withheld (PDF 19KB) 
103Mr R. Frank Gorman (PDF 16KB) 
104Name Withheld (PDF 32KB) 
105Name Withheld (PDF 34KB) 
106Ms Tracey Jacobson (PDF 17KB) 
107Rural Health Workforce (RHW) (PDF 444KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 966KB) 
108Name Withheld (PDF 3482KB) 
109Lachlan Shire Council (PDF 1484KB) 
110Australian Insititute of Health and Welfare (PDF 147KB) 
111South Australian Government (PDF 2720KB) 
112Victorian Government (PDF 5742KB) 
113Stawell Medical Centre (PDF 24KB) 
114Name Withheld (PDF 69KB) 
115Dr Jim Wilhelm (PDF 48KB) 
116Confidential
117Dr Rob Oswald (PDF 33KB) 
118Drs Geoffrey Symons, Mark Lang, Sue Boyer (PDF 52KB) 
119Name Withheld (PDF 27KB) 
120Mrs Susan Spinner (PDF 28KB) 
121Dr Ian Dumbrell (PDF 55KB) 
122Department of Health, Northern Territory (PDF 88KB) 
123The Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PDF 88KB) 
124Australian Bureau of Statistics (PDF 339KB) 
125Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (PDF 120KB) 
126Queensland Health (PDF 76KB) 
127Rural Health Education Foundation (PDF 133KB) 
128Confidential
129Confidential
130Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) (PDF 3353KB) 
131Queensland Rural Medical Education (QRME) (PDF 58KB) 
132Dr Kathryn Antioch (PDF 30KB) 


Additional Information Received

1Additional Information tabled by Professor John Humphreys on 5 June 2012(PDF 275KB) 
2Additional Information tabled by the Council of Ambulance Authorities on 5 June 2012(PDF 9221KB) 
3Additional Information tabled by the Rural Doctors Association of Australia on 11 May 2012(PDF 769KB) 
4Additional Information tabled by Professor John Humphreys on 11 May 2012(PDF 4001KB) 
5Additional Information tabled by Professor John Humphreys on 5 June 2012(PDF 1081KB) 
6Additional Information tabled by Dr Pieter Mourik on 5 June 2012(PDF 1345KB) 
7Additional Information from The Womens Centre, received 26 April 2012(PDF 105KB) 
8Additional Information from the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory, received 24 February 2012(PDF 663KB) 

Answers to Questions on Notice

1Answers to Questions on Notice received from General Practice Network NT, 24 February 2012(PDF 85KB) 
2Answers to Questions on Notice received from the Department of Health, Northern Territory, 5 April 2012(PDF 63KB) 
3Answers to Questions on Notice received from James Cook University, 23 April 2012(PDF 195KB) 
4Answers to Questions on Notice received from Health Workforce QLD, 23 April 2012(PDF 2298KB) 
5Answers to Questions on Notice received from the Australian Medical Association, ACT, 11 May 2012(PDF 1600KB) 
6Answers to Questions on Notice received from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 11 May 2012(PDF 516KB) 
7Answers to Questions on Notice received from Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health, 11 May 2012(PDF 293KB) 
8Answers to Questions on Notice received from Rural Doctors Association of Australia, 11 May 2012(PDF 109KB) 
9Answers to Questions on Notice received from Department of Health and Ageing, 11 May 2012(PDF 46KB) 
10Answers to Questions on Notice received from Department of Health and Ageing, 11 May 2012(PDF 61KB) 
11Answers to Questions on Notice received from Department of Health and Ageing, 11 May 2012(PDF 58KB) 
12Answers to Questions on Notice received from the Australian Physiotherapy Association, 5 June 2012(PDF 2027KB) 
13Answers to Questions on Notice received from Charles Sturt University, 5 June 2012(PDF 96KB) 
14Answers to Questions on Notice received from Dr Pieter Mourik, 5 June 2012(PDF 70KB) 
15Answers to Questions on Notice received from the Council of Ambulance Authorities, 5 June 2012(PDF 65KB) 
16Answers to Questions on Notice received from Rural Health Workforce Australia, 5 June 2012(PDF 1101KB) 
17Answers to Questions on Notice received from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, 5 June 2012(PDF 2496KB) 
18Answers to Questions on Notice received from Dental Health Services Victoria, 5 June 2012(PDF 26KB) 
19Answers to Questions on Notice received from Department of Health and Ageing, 10 July 2012(PDF 321KB) 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:+61 2 6277 3515
Fax:+61 2 6277 5829
Email:community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au