Talking and tinkering townsfolk make for more wellbeing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : But regional and rural electorates fell behind on satisfaction with health care, one of the key indicators of personal wellbeing.
61% : The simple act of tinkering and talking in the Men's Shed at Lucknow, a village near Orange in central western NSW, is community connection in action.
41% : Separate research shows a worsening multibillion-dollar annual shortfall on health spending outside the cities, where up to 20,000 people live more than an hour from primary care Questions on national wellbeing - which measured satisfaction across the economy, the environment, social conditions, government, business and security - revealed lower results in the regions compared to metro areas.

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