2024 Farmer Health Symposium: Key Moments and Insights
This month, we’re taking a moment to reflect on something special—our 2024 Farmer Health Symposium and Parliament House event in Canberra in August.
September 8, 2024
Roadmap to navigate national collaboration on farmer health,...
Consolidating strong working partnerships and continuing ongoing government support were the central themes to emerge from last week’s National Centre for...
August 30, 2024
Finding the keys to unlock the full potential for farming in Australia
The National Centre for Farmer Health is hosting a symposium in the national capital to highlight how governments and policy makers, industry bodies,...
July 28, 2024
Shifting Gears for National Farm Safety Week
The Allan Labor Government is putting workplace safety for agriculture workers first this National Farm Safety Week, with funding to provide free access to...
July 16, 2024
A rapid review of leading indicators to measure Australian farm...
This paper offers measuring farm safety culture as a way to overcome the stagnation in the trend of fatal farm injury burden. To work towards achieving a way...
June 30, 2024
Ensuring greater utility of climate-related acute health impact data...
Letter to the Editor describing the importance of utilising health data from rural and regional Australia. This research found 50% of presentations to rural...
June 13, 2024
National Centre for Farmer Health has $900k funding confirmed
Funding for the National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) has been confirmed after the centre previously said the Victorian government had cut their funding.
May 31, 2024
Addressing Farm Safety: Insights from SafeWork NSW Industry Roundtable
In April, A/Prof Alison Kennedy and Dr Jacquie Cotton were invited by Minister Sophie Cotsis (NSW Minister for Work Health and Safety) to attend the SafeWork...
April 28, 2024
Emergency presentations for farm-related injuries in older adults...
Farm workers are at high risk for injuries, and epidemiological data are needed to plan resource allocation.
March 20, 2024
How healthy are the healthcare staff in a rural health service? A...
There are clear leverage points for intervention in the rural /regional hospital workplace to enable healthier behaviours and support positive mental health...
March 9, 2024
Working with Udder Delights to raise money for farmer mental health!
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Udder Delights, co-branding a special brie to help raise funds for the important work we do to support...
March 8, 2024
More MRFF funding announced for Deakin
Funding for the National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) has been confirmed after the centre previously said the Victorian government had cut their funding.
March 8, 2024