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Aeromedical Training Academy celebrates one-year milestone

01 Oct 2025

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) is proud to celebrate the first anniversary of the Aeromedical Training Academy in Bundaberg.

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29 Sep 2025

RFDS Season 3 takes off

Mark your calendars: Australia’s award-winning series, RFDS, is set to premiere its awaited Season 3 this week.

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27 Sep 2025

Aunty Joyce Crombie’s gift to become an important centrepiece

A powerful new artwork by respected Aboriginal Elder and artist Aunty Joyce Crombie was today donated to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) Longreach Mental Health and Wellbeing Service.

Aunty Joyce Crombie donating artwork to the RFDS
22 Sep 2025

Landing fees waived means big savings for the RFDS

The Fraser Coast Regional Council (FCRC) has again thrown its support behind the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) by waiving over $135k in landing fees at Hervey Bay and Maryborough airports.

RFDS aircraft landing at airport
22 Sep 2025

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has 20 million reasons to thank Ergon Energy Retail customers

Twenty-five years of working alongside the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) has seen Ergon Energy Retail staff and customers raise more than $20 million.

Ergon Energy Retail partnership
19 Sep 2025

RFDS crews upskill on trauma training

Doctors and nurses from across the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland Section) and LifeFlight networks gathered across the state last week to upskill on essential trauma training.

RFDS crews doing training
17 Sep 2025

Keeping kids safe and healthy from the start

This World Patient Safety Day, we share the vital work of the RFDS Primary Health Care (PHC) team in ensuring there’s ‘safe care for every newborn and child’ across Queensland.

PHC appointment
15 Sep 2025

Road to restoring the Drover

An iconic piece of Australian aviation history, the de Havilland Drover aircraft, is being carefully restored after spending more than 45 years on display at Mount Isa’s George McCoy Park.

Restoring the drover
07 Sep 2025

Mr Fix-It in the hangar and at home

As a Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Senior Base Engineer at our Brisbane Base, Nick enjoys pulling aircraft apart and putting them back together. At home, his two energetic kids have taught him that, unlike aircraft, life doesn’t come with a manual.

Engineer, Nic in working in front of aircraft