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NAIDOC Week: closing the gap of understanding

Floyd Leedie is the Chief Executive Officer, Goondir Health Services and proud Wakka Wakka man.

Celebrating NAIDOC Week: pick one thing to help expand your knowledge

Dr Simone Nalatu, our Principal Lead – First Nations Communities has worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities much of her life.

What NAIDOC Week means to Deanne

Deanne, Principal Program Officer at Health and Wellbeing Queensland, shares her family history and what NAIDOC Week means to her.

ECHO® series helping Queensland’s rural doctors address childhood obesity

We're supporting rural doctors to gain specialist training and mentoring to address childhood obesity in their communities.

$1.7 million healthy eating initiative Pick of the Crop launches in regional Queensland schools

Bowen and Burdekin growers will play an integral role in a new Health and Wellbeing Queensland pilot program to get Queensland kids eating more vegetables and fruit.

Inspiring visit to Logan Maternity and Child Health Hubs

We recently visited Jajumbora Midwifery Hub, one of three Maternity and Child Health Hubs providing antenatal care to mums in Logan.

Dr Robyn Littlewood awarded QUT Outstanding Alumni in Health for work improving nutritional heath of children

Congratulations to our Chief Executive, Dr Robyn Littlewood, who has been awarded the QUT 2020 Faculty of Health Outstanding Alumni Award.

Boosting Bundaberg Through New Alliance

We are committed to listening to the needs of communities and working with them to build local capacity to lead their own health and wellbeing efforts.

Web series supports Queenslanders to make time for wellbeing

A new 8-part web series empowering Queenslanders to renew their focus on wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic has been launched.

Queenslanders challenged to test home cooking skills against QCWA’s best

Queenslanders who have rediscovered the joy of cooking at home during COVID-19 are being challenged to put their skills to the ultimate culinary test.

Cricket hero Jodie Fields boosts Billion Steps Challenge

Former Australian Cricket Captain Jodie Fields has stepped up as an Ambassador for The Billion Steps Challenge.

Robyn Littlewood to lead Health and Wellbeing Queensland

Paediatric dietitian and research director Associate Professor Robyn Littlewood has been appointed Chief Executive of Queensland’s first health promotion agency Health and Wellbeing Queensland.

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