COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Phase 1b

Please see below an important Public Health Alert from the Department of Health. The Department of Health have released the next update of the COVID-19 vaccination roll out. Phase 1b commenced yesterday and applies to the following people:

🔹 Healthcare workers currently employed and not included in Phase 1a - this includes all workers who provide in-home and community support; and workers who regularly engage face to face with a person with disability who is eligible under Phase 1a and Phase 1b;

🔹 Critical and high risk workers currently employed;

🔹 People 70 years and over;

🔹 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 55 years and over;

🔹 People 18 years and over with an underlying medical condition, including disability.

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For additional information on phase 1b including eligibility criteria and where to get your vaccination, please refer to the below publications from www.health.gov.au

Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan

We are proud to announce that we have received final endorsement from Reconciliation Australia for our second Reconciliation Action Plan ‘Innovate’.

This Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) builds on Rural Lifestyle Options Australia's valuable learnings from our Reconciliation journey to date. We are proud to walk alongside many other organisations in creating positive social change in our workplaces across Queensland and New South Wales in support of Reconciliation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.

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To learn more about our vision for Reconciliation or to read our 'Innovate' Reconciliation Action Plan, please visit www.rloa.org.au/rap

#Reconciliation #Innovate

Close The Gap Events 2021

Today, Rural Lifestyle Options Australia acknowledged National Close The Gap by hosting morning tea events across our offices in South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, attendees signed a petition calling on the Australian Government to:

🔹 Commit to providing adequate and long-term financial resources to achieve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality;

🔹 Invest in real partnerships, including increased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation and control around health service delivery;

🔹 Address critical social issues of housing, education and self-determination that contribute to the health crisis affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

✍️ Sign the petition to Close The Gap by visiting: www.antar.org.au/closethegappledge

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#CloseTheGap