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Mandy is a registered nurse with additional qualifications in rural health and business management. Following a working life that commenced in Gippsland, Mandy worked in Melbourne hospitals, rural Victoria and then on to remote Australia, which included living and working in both remote Aboriginal communities in Central Australia and the main centre of Alice Springs. Mandy’s work has focused on social justice and equity of access for rural and remote communities, with particular focus on Aboriginal Australians. Mandy has been both an executive officer and then Board member of the Council of Remote Area Nurses Australia, a participant on the Council of the National Rural Health Alliance, and a member of the Royal College of Nursing Australia.