Build 'Em Up

In Episode 4 we chat to Jack Jones from the Banksia Project, who is on the road travelling around Australia giving communities a homegrown, safe space for local rural men to open up about their own mental health and, together, build a mental health community network.

Dr Melanie Johnson is a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist at Mt Barker in South Australia who provides compassionate expert care for women through their lives. Taking advantage of a grant through the Innovate with nbnTM Grants Program to purchase state-of-the-art equipment, Mel and her team in the Adelaide Hills are providing services that clients previously needed to travel to the city fo...

In Episode 2 we chat with Faye McMillan. Faye grew up on Wiradjuri country at Trangie in Central West New South Wales and is now living in a small country town in the Riverina.  Faye is Australia’s first Indigenous pharmacist, an esteemed academic and educational leader, and an experienced board director. She’s also a proud mother of two boys, as well as being a sister, an aunty, and a friend to m...

 In this first episode of Build ‘em up, we Zoom-link with Torres Strait Islander Elsie Seriat who is an inspirational mum of two young boys. Elsie has many PBs (personal bests) to her name, including an OAM for service to her community, crossing the finish line in the New York Marathon and encouraging her mum – and many in her family and communities across Australia – to take up running for health...

A great Queensland country bloke with a mullet is the inspiration behind the name of the Australian rural health podcast Build ‘Em Up. Songwriter and performer Josh Arnold composed a country song called Build ‘em up as pick-me-up for rural, regional and remote communities during COVID-19. People from right across the rural landscape contributed words, phrases and poems to bring the song to life in...