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Posts by Karen Hayes

Our new report shows that over half a million people have no realistic access to an OT in Australia - but another 5 million have low or very low access because the OTs that are there, could never fit everyone who needs them on their books. This is spatial injustice.
#ruralhealth #spatialjustice

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One Nation wants to get more doctors in rural areas – but it’s got the wrong approach One Nation is proposing to force doctors to do a regional stint before they can work in the city. But would that work in practice?
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I’ve heard it was a “Fantastic. Great move….”

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Distribution and work patterns of PhD-qualified professionals across urban and rural Australia: Spatial mapping using Australian census data - Karen Hayes, Susan Heaney, Michelle Kersten, 2026 Background Rural Australians experience poorer health outcomes due to complex intersecting factors. Addressing these challenges requires skilled researchers emb...

Rural Australia is home to 28% of the population but only 15% of the PhD workforce. We mapped the Australian PhD workforce to find rural communities are missing out on the research capacity they need, while rural workforce experience even more precarious employment for lower wages than urban peers.

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Michael Che on SNL: "I get that I.C.E. Agents are people, allegedly. And they have a job to do. But at some point, while you're pepper spraying old ladies or shooting at a nurse, do you ever stop and ask yourself, are we dicks?"

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Image of Shax from Star Trek Lower Decks with the words "Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice"

Image of Shax from Star Trek Lower Decks with the words "Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice"

We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

Well we have corollary:

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The rural occupational therapist drought: Relying on market growth is not working for rural places. | Karen Hayes When a profession grows by 72% in less than a decade, you’d expect better access for everyone. But our research, published in the Australian Journal of Rural Health, shows that growth in the OT workfo...

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There’s only one person he cares about.

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Trump's order on showerheads seems trivial but it's a subtle power grab It seems only a matter of time before Donald Trump uses a crisis and the National Emergencies Act to bring about a revolution in the United States.

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Can we stop blaming rural geography for poor healthcare access please? Features of rural geography are often noted and blamed for inequitable access to healthcare services. Time and time again people living in rural places are told they are too far, too sparse, and too e...

We need to rethink how we approach rural healthcare to focus on #spatialjustice. #ruralhealth

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#spatialjustice #ruralhealth

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