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Jackaroo Fergus Gunn pictured at Brunette Downs

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Fergus and his fellow station workers on horseback at Brunette Downs

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22 Oct 2020

Flying across a pandemic to save lives

As Australians began grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down the nation earlier this year, the RFDS donned protective masks and kept in the air to save lives.

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22 Oct 2020

Supporting our communities

When the COVID pandemic grounded commercial flights earlier this year, the Flying Doctor stepped up to transport patients, medical specialists, pathology tests throughout Australia's central corridor.

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21 Oct 2020

Funds mined for the Flying Doctor

Goldfields mining company Topdrill hosted a fundraising event for the RFDS as the movers and shakers of the resources sector gathered in Kalgoorlie on the eve of Diggers and Dealers 2020.

16 Oct 2020

Education tour lands in Tasmania

The Royal Flying Doctor Service Look! Up in the Sky (LUITS) educational program has been embraced by Tasmanian schools in a year largely devoid of special activities and is set to spread its wings from Monday, October 19 to November 13 with 68 sessions booked at 14 schools statewide.

15 Oct 2020

Flying Doctor teams unite

The significant disruptions to ‘business as normal’, paired with increased pressure on some teams, has meant that RFDS Victoria’s staff has needed to be flexible in meeting the needs of the organisation in 2020.

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14 Oct 2020

Launch of face-to-face fundraising

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has this week launched its face-to-face fundraising campaign.

14 Oct 2020

The full reach of Flying Doctor care

For a pregnant, first time mother moving to remote north west Queensland, the importance of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) could not have been more evident for Ebony Robertson.

14 Oct 2020

Flying Doctor donation kiosk lands in Kalgoorlie

A new roving Flying Doctor donation kiosk is expected to turn heads of travellers and their loved ones at the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Regional Airport over the next month.

13 Oct 2020

Message from the President RFDS South Eastern

A message from the President RFDS South Eastern Section

Ruth Sandow