The message from the Select Committee on Regional Australia’s Inquiry into Regional Australia is clear.

Workforce distribution and access to health services in rural Australia are different from and strained compared to those in more populous areas (Battye et al 2019).

When COVID-19 brought Australia to a standstill in 2020, physiotherapist Kennedy Lay jumped at the opportunity to investigate alternative careers, putting his career in private practice on hold while he pursued a commercial pilot’s licence with Qantas.

The message from the Select Committee on Regional Australia’s Inquiry into Regional Australia is clear.

Workforce distribution and access to health services in rural Australia are different from and strained compared to those in more populous areas (Battye et al 2019).

As many physiotherapists in private practice in rural and remote settings are sole operators, the need for mentoring and making professional connections is great.

Physiotherapist Troy Eady is asking for donations of first aid supplies to support Lismore and surrounding communities in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales after the recent devastating floods inundated thousands of homes and businesses.

A team of five Australian physiotherapists who volunteered to help severely disabled children in desperate circumstances in Zimbabwe has returned home feeling more seasoned for the experience. On the first venture of its kind through the One Night for One Year charity, the physiotherapists were met with more than 800 children wanting help when they arrived at the Open Heart Disability Care Trust Centre located three hours outside of Harare, the nation’s capital.

When the next group of expeditioners explore the Antarctic, one of the most remote places on Earth, they’ll be arriving with the knowledge that a group of select physiotherapists has been helping ensure they will receive the best in medical care.

The physiotherapists from Tasmanian clinics Allcare Physiotherapy, Bodytech Physio and BodySystem Physio are part of a structured pre-departure medical training program that upskills doctors who will be stationed at Australia’s three Antarctic stations, and its sub- Antarctic station on Macquarie Island.