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qualifications: MBBS, FACRRM, FRACGP, DRANZCOG Adv
position: Head
department: Mayne Academy of Rural and Remote Medicine
Dr Chater has been a rural practitioner in rural Australia for 42 years. He was the founding convenor of the Rural Doctors Associations of Queensland and Australia as well as the National Rural Health Alliance. He has been President of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. He is Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice and Head of Discipline Rural and Remote Medicine, University of Queensland. He has a keen interest in Rural Health Policy as it effects rural communities as well as the clinical aspects of rural practice.
Articles contributed to by this person
Conference Report 18 July 2025
Bengaluru Declaration on Rural Health
Policy Report 20 November 2024
Politics, policy and action: lessons from rural GP advocacy in Ireland
Original Research 4 February 2024
Shaping the future rural healthcare landscape: perspectives of young healthcare professionals
Original Research 18 November 2023
Exploring the ideas of young healthcare professionals from selected countries regarding rural proofing
Commentary 10 January 2023
The Limerick Declaration on Rural Health Care 2022
Abstract 10 January 2023
Rural health frontiers: exploring insights, lessons, and priority actions identified through a global 40-speaker webinar series on rural health equity
Abstract 10 January 2023
Valuing rural hospitals – the Australian experience
Original Research 6 March 2012
A decade of Australian Rural Clinical School graduates - where are they and why?
Original Research 2 September 2005
Evaluation of the ACRRM National Radiology Program for Australian Rural and Remote Medical Practitioners
Original Research 2 August 2004
Evaluation of nine pilot obstetric ultrasound education workshops for Australian rural and remote doctors
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2025 National Nursing Forum, 23–25 July 2025, Canberra, Australia
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16th National Allied Health Conference: Empowering lives, shaping healthcare, 11–14 August 2025, Adelaide, Australia
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2025 Gayaa Dhuwi Conference, 28–29 August 2025, Garramilla (Darwin), Australia
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2025 National First Nations Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Conference, 15–17 September 2025, Gold Coast, Australia
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Rural Health Conference 2025 (PACASA, RuDASA, RuNurSA, RuReSA), 16–18 September 2025, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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WONCA World Conference 2025: New Vision for Primary Health Care and Sustainable Development, 17–21 September 2025, Lisbon, Portugal
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NRHA 23rd Rural Health Clinic Conference, 23–24 September 2025, Kansas, MO, USA
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10th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium, 8 & 9 October 2025, Alice Springs, NT, Australia
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Indigenous Wellbeing Conference 2025, 20–21 October 2025, Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia
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2025 Health Leadership Congress, 22–24 October 2025, Darwin, Australia
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Rural Medicine Australia Conference (RMA25), 22–25 October 2025, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference 2025 (RMHC25), 5–7 November 2025, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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SARGA 2026, Rural Generalist Anaesthetist Conference, 12–14 February 2026, Barossa Valley, South Australia
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21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference, 10–13 April 2026, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
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33rd Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Conference, 16–18 April 2026, Quebec City, Canada
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4th EURACT Medical Education Conference, 23–25 April 2026, Iasi, Romania
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11th Health Promotion Conference, 10–12 June 2026, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Harstad, Norway
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9th WONCA Africa Region Conference 2026, 10 & 11 September 2026, Gaborone, Botswana
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18th National Rural Health Conference, 14–17 September 2026, Adelaide, SA, Australia
World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference 2026, 17–19 September 2026, Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), New Zealand
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