Respite services received a boost in Roebourne with a new Community Support Worker joining the Frontier Services Roebourne Community Wellness Centre. Nicole Baulch has moved from Melbourne to take on the role at the Wellness Centre which provides respite to carers of people with a mental illness. Coordinator Judy Kay said she was delighted to have …

Frontier Services Regional Manager for NT Sharon Davis will share what inspires her about working in remote Australia in a keynote presentation to the Cultural Diversity in Ageing Conference in Melbourne today. Ms Davis will speak about the cultural diversity in aged and community care services in the bush, and the joys as well as …

When Rev John Dihm explains to people what Patrol Ministry is all about, he has a simple answer. “It’s a ministry of friendship more than anything else,” he says simply. John is a Frontier Services Patrol Minister in South Australia. His patch, the Parkin Patrol, covers 500,000sq km. Based out of Hawker, the Patrol includes …

DODGE JOURNEY RAISES FUNDS.   Centralian Advocate, 25 May 2012.   ALICE Springs Frontier Services this week joined the rest of the country to launch its Cover the Country campaign to raise money needed to continue to care for Australians in remote areas. Frontier Services Business Manager NT Phil Burgess says every $20 donated will help Frontier Services provide a wide range of services, including children’s services, health care and aged …

REVEREND JOHN FLYNN STILL SUPPORTING RURAL COMMUNITIES.   ABC Rural and Resources News for Western and North West Queensland, Friday May 25th 2012.   One hundred years ago, Reverend John Flynn founded the Australian Inland Mission which provided support for communities in rural Australia. A century on, Frontier Services continues Flynn’s work and this week launched …

FRONTIER SERVICES LAUNCHES $20 CAMPAIGN.   Vision Radio Network, May 2012.   Frontier Services has launched its Cover the Country campaign to raise the money it needs to continue to care for the people of remote Australia for the next 100 years. Frontier Services grew out of the work of Australian visionary Rev John Flynn – …

Tina and Max Zalakos can tell you first hand that living in the outback can be tough. Not because they experience it every day, but because for two months they were the helping hand for a family living in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, providing the extra support they needed while recovering from a …

Patrol Minister Colin Gordon leads the AIM Centenary Celebrations riding a camel through the Alice Springs Mall to Adelaide House, one of the many events held in April.

Sr Dulcie Gibson and Connie Savage in 1957-8The nurses who worked at the Australian Inland Mission (AIM) hospital in Radium Hill more than 50 years ago were celebrated as “unsung heroes” at a special Centenary display this month. A collection of historical photos and records went on display at the beginning of May at the …

The increasing reliance on Fly In, Fly Out workers is making it significantly harder to deliver the essential services needed in remote communities, Frontier Services told a Federal Inquiry today. The enormous salaries on offer to FIFO workers in the mining sector has made it incredibly difficult to recruit professional counsellors, nurses and family support …