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Council of the APHA

Elected every two years, the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) Council represents the diverse membership of the Association. As a body, the Council provides a vital two-way street for communicating, informing and guiding APHA activities and priorities that are cohesive and inclusive. Each electorate's representatives are detailed below.

For Profit Large Groups

APHA Council members meet in Sydney, November 2025.

• Bernadette Eather (Ramsay Health Care Australia)
• Greg Hall (Nexus Day Hospitals)
• Matt Hanrahan (Healthe Care Group)
• Rachel Hart (Nexus Day Hospitals)
• Robert Herkes (Ramsay Health Care Australia)
• Ben Thynne (Healthe Care Group)

For Profit Small Groups Large Independent

• Kate Silver (Matilda Health Care)

For Profit Small Independent

• Dan Mabon (Wyndham Clinic)

Not for Profit Large Group

• Brett Goods (Sydney Adventist Hospital)
• Andrew Stripp (Epworth HealthCare)
• Natasha Toohey (Epworth HealthCare)

Not-for-Profit Small Group Large Independent

• Neale Fong (Bethesda Health Care)
• Nicola Klumper (Chris O'Brien Lifehouse)

Not-for-Profit Small Independent

• Cindy Woods (St Luke's Hospital)

Day Hospitals

• Kaylene Elliott (Cura Day Hospitals Group)

Psychiatric Hospital

• Christine Gee AM (Ramsay Health Care Australia)

Rehabilitation hospital

• Denise Thomas (Royal Rehab Group)

Regional Representatives

• New South Wales - Tony Scaramuzza (Port Macquarie Ophthalmic Surgery)
• Queensland - Emma Bognar (Cura Day Hospitals Group)
• South Australia - Rebecca Badcock (Burnside Hospital Group)
• Western Australia - Lynne Walker (Perth Clinic)

(Victoria and Northern Territory - Vacant).