The Rural Mental Health Conference 2026 (RMHC26) unites those working across regional, rural and remote Australia to improve mental health, wellbeing and recovery.
Join The Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association for three days on the Gold Coast and engage in practical learning and honest, solutions-focused conversations grounded in real rural experience.
RMHC26 is designed to strengthen capability, improve pathways and support place-based solutions that work in community.
Honest Conversations at The Rural Mental Health Conference 2026
Honest conversations about what it really takes to support mental health in rural and remote communities.
Conversations about prevention and early intervention, safe suicide prevention, workforce sustainability, community leadership, digital care that works in the real world, and the social and economic factors that shape recovery.
What's new this year?
More action, fewer abstractions.
Clearer pathways, practical models and real-world solutions to the challenges you face every day in rural and remote contexts.
Less theory, stronger evidence.
A sharper focus on what works: safely, inclusively and effectively—across stepped care, suicide prevention, digital delivery and community-led practice.
From participation to leadership.
Lived experience, workforce sustainability and inclusion are no longer side conversations. They’re central to how rural mental health systems are designed, led and sustained.
If you attended RMHC before, 2026 is your next step - deeper, more practical, and aligned with where the sector is heading.
