The RFDS in NSW/ACT

News

Dr Jet

Dr Jet soars into Condobolin to help community

30 Jul 2025

Since arriving in Condobolin at the start of 2025 to work at the RFDSSE Medical Services clinic, Dr Jessica Driver-O'Keefe has been warmly embraced by the community.

More details
27 Jul 2025

RFDS Teams Up with Knobby Underwear for Mundi Mundi Bash 2025

The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section (RFDSSE) is excited to announce a collaboration with daring Australian underwear brand Knobby, launching limited edition RFDS-design underwear in support of the RFDS, just in time for the 2025 Mundi Mundi Bash.

RFDS announces limited edition underwear in collaboration with Knobby
21 Jul 2025

$1.2M donation supports RFDS’s best-in-class pilot training and recruitment

Every day across rural and remote NSW, the pilots of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) demonstrate extraordinary skill and dedication as they support the delivery of life-saving and critical care to Australia’s most remote communities.

RFDS receives donation to support aviation training
09 Jul 2025

Driving generations of support

John Graham feels a strong connection to Australians living and working in the bush - and he’s inspired three generations of his family to feel the same through the Outback Car Trek.

John Graham
08 Jul 2025

It was every parent’s nightmare, but you saved Jobe

Jobe is back doing the hobbies he cares about, thanks to you!

Jobe fishing
07 Jul 2025

35th Outback Car Trek travels from Bathurst to Cairns, having raised more than $1.58 million

The 35th Outback Car Trek raised in excess of $1.58 million for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, thanks to the 240 trekkers driving from Bathurst to Cairns on 30 May to 8 June 2025. This brings the total raised over the Trek’s history to more than $37 million.

Trekker smiling in car
27 Jun 2025

The Flying Doctor helps tackle one of Far Western NSW’s most common cancers with skin clinics

Melanoma of the skin is expected to be one of the most common cancers in Far Western New South Wales in 2025. We hold normal clinics where our skilled clinical teams conduct routine skin checks across NSW. But as of April 2025, our clinical team were armed with new equipment to boost diagnoses.

Sunrise
18 Jun 2025

NADA Awards: GROW Program takes home Excellence in Health Promotion

In June 2025, the Network of Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies (NADA) 2025 Conference celebrated the sector’s leaders in their prestigious award ceremony. We are very proud to share that our Guiding Rural Outback Wellbeing (GROW) program won ‘Excellence in Health Promotion’.

Aquaponics
17 Jun 2025

Royal Flying Doctor Service once again bound for the Bash in 2025

The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section (RFDSSE) is once again taking flight for the Mundi Mundi Plains as an official charity partner of the 2025 Mundi Mundi Bash festival.

RFDS joins the Mundi Mundi Bash