We’re excited to introduce our 2025 General Practitioner Registrars at Loganlea! Our new GPs bring diverse experience, a passion for community healthcare, and a commitment to supporting our patients. Joining the team this year are: To help you get to know them better, we asked each of our new doctors a few quick questions about […]
A few dedicated Founding Members started ATSICHS Brisbane in a converted fruit and vegetable shop more than 50 years ago. Uncle Les Collins is one of them. Now, he and the ATSICHS Brisbane Board are appealing to the next generation of leaders to get involved and guide decisions at a governance level by becoming members. […]
Today, we’re celebrating our Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Trainee, Darla, who recently completed her WHS traineeship and was recognised earlier this year as the Trainee of the Year at our Annual Staff Meeting. Darla, a proud Yidinjdji, Djabuganjdji, Nyawaygi, and Giya woman, joined our team in April 2024. She stepped into her role as […]
Our Young, Black and Proud Scholarship program supports and celebrates our young mob who exhibit outstanding talent in the arts, sport or academic fields. We partnered with the Queensland Family & Child Commission (QFFC) for a fourth year in a row and with their largest funding contribution yet, continued to offer the program statewide. This […]
When Chevette moved with her 3-year-old son Davari into ATSICHS Brisbane’s housing facility Mari-Mari-Ba, which supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who are experiencing housing insecurity, she didn’t anticipate that her passion for baking would blossom into a business venture. With the theme ‘Making Our Mark’ running strong throughout Indigenous Business Month (October), it’s […]
ATSICHS Brisbane and QUT’s Centre for Data Science have partnered to trial Catapult vests (wearable fitness tracking devices used in the NRL) among U16 players from the ATSICHS Young Guns and ATSICHS Brother Boys teams at last week’s Queensland Murri Carnival. This marks the first time these devices have been tested at the QMC. On […]
We are pleased to announce that Keiron Lander has been appointed as the new Chair of the ATSICHS Brisbane Board, following departure of Melody Ingra from the position. In addition, Anthony Morgan has been elected as the new Deputy Chair. We extend our thanks to Melody Ingra for her outstanding contributions as Board Chair and […]
With the 2024 Queensland Murri Carnival kicking off on 20 September, we are sharing this profile on a player who showcased their talents at last year’s event and demonstrated just how far passion for sport can take you! Meet 14-year-old Rico Ornyengaia, a proud young Wik-mungkan man, with deep family and cultural connections within the […]
Last Friday, ATSICHS Brisbane proudly celebrated the opening of the new Mari-Mari-Ba facility (formerly known as the Joyce Wilding Hostel) on Brisbane’s southside, marking a new chapter in supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or in crisis. “The name Mari-Mari-Ba, meaning ‘butterfly place’ in the Yuggerra language […]
For Aunty Louise Watego-Coutts, Burragah has always been more than a kindy. It’s a place of culture, community and family. From the early days of the Burragah Aboriginal and Islander Advancement Co-op Society Kindergarten to her children and grandchildren attending the kindy in its later years, the service has always been significant to Aunty Louise. […]