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Health and Safety

Sites related to rural health and safety related to farming, for farmers and the community in general.

• AgHealth Australia (visit site) - Assists rural Australians to attain improved levels of health and well-being by action to reduce the incidence and severity of injury and illness associated with working in agriculture.
  
  (Added: May 17 2004)    Broken link

• Farm Noise and Hearing Network (visit site) - A network of farmers and health professionals that aims to promote hearing conservation in rural communities throughout South Australia.
  
  (Added: Oct 24 2003)    Broken link

• Farmsafe Australia (visit site) - Aims to improve the wellbeing and productivity of Australian agriculture through enhanced health and safety awareness and practices.
  
  (Added: Sep 18 2003)

• Farmsafe Queensland (visit site) - Offers a range of services to Queensland primary producers and their employees to allow them to manage their occupational health and safety outcomes in the rural workplace.
  
  (Added: May 17 2004)

• Farmsafe WA (visit site) - Aims to protect Western Australian farming families and workers, and improve farm business performance through better safety awareness and practices.
  
  (Added: May 17 2004)    Broken link

• Monash University School of Rural Health (visit site) - Rural health academic unit facilitating research into rural health issues and providing undergraduate and postgraduate education for rural health practice.
  
  (Added: May 17 2004)    Broken link

• National Rural Health Alliance (visit site) - National Rural Health Alliance is the peak national body working to improve the health of Australians living in rural and remote areas.
  
  (Added: Oct 24 2003)

• Ochre Health (visit site) - Specialises in the provision of medical services in towns which have traditionally found it hard to recruit and retain doctors. Services include doctor recruitment, managing general practices and ensuring the community has first class medical services.
  
  (Added: Feb 4 2008)