Happy 2026, all! I have been looking forward to welcoming in the new year. My mind tends to use the new year’s date to delineate what was, and now I eagerly anticipate the new and exciting opportunities and challenges to come. Over the last two years, our Mindful...
At this point of the year, we’re often a little (or a lot) run down, just trying to make it to the proverbial finish line. Your finish line could be Christmas leave, the end of a Christmas period contract, or even celebrating the end of this trip around the sun....
This time of year is often portrayed as a time of familiar rituals. Families gather around a table; the same decorations are pulled out each year; a favourite recipe passed through generations; a beach...
Nicholas Williams, aka Dr Nick, a long-time CRANAplus facilitator and former Board member, has lived a life of adventure, which he describes in his recently published memoir, Proof of Life. Here, he shares the inspiration behind the book and some glimpses into what...
In a critical time for remote health, CRANAplus is thrilled to appoint Heather Keighley as our inaugural Chief Remote Area Nurse (RAN). The Chief RAN will be a national voice for remote nurses, leading strategic advocacy, shaping policy reform, and championing...
Longstanding CRANAplus Member and supporter, Vanessa Page, was named Midwife of the Year at the 2025 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards in recognition of her Endorsed Midwife Care Program at Gateway Health Wodonga, where she works as a nurse practitioner and...
A new report, spurred by the continuing failure of successive Australian governments to close the health gap, puts Aboriginal-led primary healthcare organisations squarely at the centre of real and lasting change. The team behind the 'Decolonise now' report. But it...
Renal nurse, Nick Corsair, has been named Nurse/Midwife of the Year at the 2025 Western Australian Rural Health Excellence Awards – proudly sponsored by CRANAplus. Under his leadership, kidney transplants in the Kimberley region have surged, rising from just one in...
Citizen science is at the heart of a new research project helping remote desert communities prepare for, and respond to, increasingly extreme weather. The project draws on Aboriginal people's traditional knowledge and lived experience of environmental change, as well...
Red Nose Australia is strengthening its bereavement support services to cater to vulnerable population groups, and CRANAplus is grateful to have been invited to the table to bring a rural and remote lens. Amanda Forti, one of CRANAplus’ remote clinical educators,...
CRANAplus was invited by SafeSide Prevention to contribute insights on clinical practice in remote and crosscultural contexts, helping to produce learning content tailored to rural and remote healthcare settings. The Western Australian State Government is investing...
The traditional medical hierarchy that positions doctors above nurses has deep historical roots, but does it still serve us well? CRANAplus Member, Dr Kirsten Due, challenges the outdated notion of medical superiority and reflects on what she’s learned from her...