We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters across South Australia and the Northern Territory where doctors and medical students live, learn and practise, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. We recognise the deep knowledge, cultural strength and enduring connection to Country that has sustained Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for tens of thousands of years, and we acknowledge the ongoing impacts of colonisation on health and wellbeing. To every doctor and medical student who works in rural and remote communities, may we approach Country with humility, listen first, and practise with respect, cultural safety and reciprocity, recognising that healing is strongest when care is grounded in relationship, community and place.