Government Champions

Directors' General and Associate and Deputy Directors' General, are appointed as Government Champions to the following communities:

• Aurukun
• Cherbourg
• Coen
• Cunnamulla
• Doomadgee
• Hope Vale
• Kowanyama
• Laura
• Lockhart River
• Mapoon
• Mornington Island
• Mossman Gorge
• Napranum
• Northern Peninsula Area (Injinoo, Umagico, Bamaga, New Mapoon, Seisa)
• Palm Island
• Pormpuraaw
• Woorabinda
• Wujal Wujal
• Yarrabah

Government Champions partner with these communities to harness combined agency resources to deliver better targeted and more integrated services. Each champion has the authority and the capacity to cut through 'red tape'. This helps to overcome administrative barriers that impede constructive responses to community needs.