The Frontier Services RAFS girls came together to prepare for the New Year and got a crash course on 4WD survival, Rebecca Kennedy shares her experiences of the training week. Arriving at the Longreach office in the morning, we were greeted by the Longreach team Kaitlin and Lisa, I had come from Mount Isa almost …
The Frontier Services 2016 Order of Service is available for churches and community groups to use to celebrate the work of Frontier Services and uphold the work in prayer. The 2016 Order of Service, ‘Shaped by our stories’, is available to download now as a PDF or as a Powerpoint file. In addition Frontier Services …
The Frontier Services volunteer program Outback Links is currently responding to calls for help from people impacted by flooding in Queensland. Our volunteers are doing an excellent job providing much needed support for families when they need it most. We wanted to share this story about two volunteers Frans and Bev Hamer who found lending a hand outback gave them …
Rev John Dihm finished up as the Parkin Patrol Minister on Sunday leading his final service at the Hawker Uniting Church. As the service drew to a close, John took off his Frontier Services stole, left it on the altar and walked outside the church. It was a touching finale to John’s nine years in …
Since starting at Frontier Services late last month, the new Residential Care Manager, Julie Crack has been busy visiting the 11 aged care services which she will oversee as a part of her role. Julie’s experience is wide and varied, both professionally and geographically. After five years living in the Central Desert, Julie and her …
As Australians battle multiple natural disasters across the nation, Frontier Services staff are doing what they can to stand beside people and lend a hand. In Queensland, Frontier Services is supporting people who have been inundated with flood water and at the same time others who are desperate for rain on their properties so they …
Frontier Services has welcomed a parliamentary report which has highlighted the negative impact of fly-in fly-out and drive-in drive-out work practices on remote communities and urges all levels of Government and mining companies to act on the report’s findings. Doug and Yvonne Matthews with their two daughters on Hooley Station in the Pilbara. Photo taken …
Over Christmas and New Year a few exceptional Frontier Services staff gave a special gift to others – the gift of being there. These staff volunteered to fill the gap while other staff took the opportunity to travel home to be with family. The Frontier Services staff worked hard to ensure that Christmas cheer …
The latest edition of Frontier News, our quarterly magazine, is out this week. In the magazine we share how Frontier Services continues to be there for people in remote Australia. Below is an edited version of the first story in the magazine which tells the story of how our remote areas nurses in Andamooka make a …
Senator Fierravanti-Wells with Jenny Messell, DON, Juninga CentreFederal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells paid a visit to Juninga Centre in Darwin last week, touring the facilities of the aged care service run by Frontier Services. Senator Fierravanti-Wells is the Shadow Minister for Ageing and Mental Health. She took time to meet with Juninga Director of Nursing Jenny …
