Policy and Advocacy
The Policy and Advocacy Team provide strong support to the CEO and Board of Management on emerging Federal and State policy agendas. The team has a diverse network of partners across the human services sector including Australian Medical Association Queensland, Queensland Council of Social Services, General Practice Queensland and its member Divisions, Rural Doctors Association of Queensland, Queensland Indigenous Substance Misuse Council, Queensland Alcohol and Drugs Research and Education Centre and Oxfam Australia.
A strong focus of the team is linking the community controlled health sector with government by supporting the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Partnership (QATSIHP) which draws the sector into Partnership with the Australian Government through the Department of Health and Ageing and Queensland Health.
The team also works bi-laterally with governments on specific initiatives involving the sector. These include the full suite of primary health care and drug and alcohol programs developed and delivered by Queensland Health, as well as mainstream and Indigenous specific programs from the Department of health and ageing. The team also works with the Queensland Department of Communities on the COAG mental health initiatives.
The future work program of the Policy and Advocacy team includes participation in the national project to develop a new architecture for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and the related national primary health care reforms; continued support for the devolution to community control of Queensland Health services in Cape York and Yarrabah; work on a range workforce initiatives; provision of training for drug and alcohol workers and implementation of the advocacy plan.
The Policy and Advocacy Team provide strong support to the CEO and Board of Management on emerging Federal and State policy agendas. The team has a diverse network of partners across the human services sector including Australian Medical Association Queensland, Queensland Council of Social Services, General Practice Queensland and its member Divisions, Rural Doctors Association of Queensland, Queensland Indigenous Substance Misuse Council, Queensland Alcohol and Drugs Research and Education Centre and Oxfam Australia.
A strong focus of the team is linking the community controlled health sector with government by supporting the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Partnership (QATSIHP) which draws the sector into Partnership with the Australian Government through the Department of Health and Ageing and Queensland Health.
The team also works bi-laterally with governments on specific initiatives involving the sector. These include the full suite of primary health care and drug and alcohol programs developed and delivered by Queensland Health, as well as mainstream and Indigenous specific programs from the Department of health and ageing. The team also works with the Queensland Department of Communities on the COAG mental health initiatives.
The future work program of the Policy and Advocacy team includes participation in the national project to develop a new architecture for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and the related national primary health care reforms; continued support for the devolution to community control of Queensland Health services in Cape York and Yarrabah; work on a range workforce initiatives; provision of training for drug and alcohol workers and implementation of the advocacy plan.
Advocacy and Communications Strategy
The QAIHC Board of Directors has endorsed a strategy covering advocacy and communications activities undertaken by the organisation.
QAIHC believes the focus of its advocacy and communications strategy should be to achieve concrete outcomes for its members and the communities they serve in the form of improvements to the network of community-controlled indigenous health services in Queensland.
QAIHC believes the focus of its advocacy and communications strategy should be to achieve concrete outcomes for its members and the communities they serve in the form of improvements to the network of community-controlled indigenous health services in Queensland.
