Rural and Remote Advisory Group meeting summary June 2025

The Rural and Remote Advisory Group met for the second time on 20 June 2025. 

The meeting was held online.

Focus of the meeting

The meeting covered:

  • Ways of working:
    • Terms of Reference
    • Work Plan
  • Potential membership.

Ways of working 

The Chair, Ms Fleur Hill, NDIA, General Manager, SA, WA, NT Regional and Remote Services, discussed the role of the Rural Remote Advisory Group.

Ms Hill sought feedback from the group on both the Draft Terms of Reference and the Draft Workplan.

  • The Terms of Reference was discussed, including outputs and outcomes to be achieved, confidentiality, conflicts of interest and meeting cadence.
  • The Group agreed to a bi-monthly meeting cadence. The Terms of Reference will be updated to reflect this.
  • Both Terms of Reference and Workplan were reviewed and endorsed.

Potential membership  

Feedback was sought from members on organisations and individuals to be invited to join the Group. The Group welcomed the potential expansion of membership. 

The Group also discussed the potential for establishing a lived experience subgroup within the Rural and Remote Advisory Group. The Group agreed that membership within this subgroup will be to provide lived experience expertise and insight to the Group. 

Rural Remote Advisory Group next meeting

The Rural Remote Advisory Group’s next meeting is on 8 July 2025.