Boys in the bush smiling

MEDIA RELEASE: Drought impacting mental health of rural and remote children

Demand for mental health Telecare services has grown by 86 per cent at Royal Far West over the past financial year, highlighting the impact of the drought on children living in rural and remote areas, according to CEO, Lindsay Cane AM. Figures released today by Royal Far West show that during the 2018-19 financial year,…

Lindsay with students of St Mary's Primary School.

A message from our CEO

One of the great and wonderful things about our Australian rural and regional communities is their unheralded but often extraordinary ability to respond to natural disasters, be they bushfires, floods or drought. People have lost their lives in these brutal bushfires, which have also decimated wildlife and domestic animals, destroyed thousands of hectares of flora,…