Government Champions
Role
Under the Government Champions initiative, introduced by the Queensland Government in 2002, every Chief Executive Officer of a Queensland Government agency is appointed as champion for one or more of the following twenty-two communities (which are either discrete Aboriginal or mainland Torres Strait Islander communities or Cape York communities with a significant Indigenous population): Aurukun; Bamaga; Cherbourg; Coen; Doomadgee; Hope Vale; Injinoo; Kowanyama; Laura; Lockhart River; Mapoon; Mornington Island; Mossman Gorge; Napranum; New Mapoon; Palm Island; Pormpuraaw; Seisia; Umagico; Woorabinda; Wujal Wujal; and Yarrabah.
Government Champions, as the most senior officers in the Queensland Public Service, offer these communities a partner with the capacity to harness combined agency resources to deliver better targeted and more integrated services. They have the authority and the capacity to cut through unnecessary or overly complex bureaucratic 'red tape' and to overcome administrative barriers which impede constructive responses to community needs.
List of Government Champions
Aurukun
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Jim McGowan
- Department:
- Department of Emergency Services
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Colin Jensen
- Department:
- Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Cherbourg
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Norelle Deeth
- Department:
- Department of Child Safety
Coen
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Dan Hunt
- Department:
- Department of Mines and Energy
Doomadgee
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Frank Rockett
- Department:
- Queensland Corrective Services
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Rachel Hunter
- Department:
- Department of Education, Training and the Arts
Hope Vale
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Michael Hogan
- Department:
- Department of Communities
Kowanyama
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Natalie MacDonald
- Department:
- Department of Housing
Laura
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Peter Henneken
- Department:
- Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
Lockhart River
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Robert Setter (pending appointment of Director-General)
- Department:
- Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Mapoon
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Warren Hoey
- Department:
- Forestry Plantation Qld
- Chief Executive Officer:
- James Purtill
- Department:
- Public Service Commission
Mornington Island
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Commissioner Bob Atkinson
- Department:
- Queensland Police Service
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Michael Kinnane
- Department:
- Department of Local Government, Sport and Recreation
Mossman Gorge
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Terry Wall
- Department:
- Environmental Protection Agency
Napranum
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Bob McCarthy
- Department:
- Department of Tourism, Industry and Regional Development
Northern Peninsula Area . Bamaga, Injinoo, New Mapoon, Seisia & Umagico
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Alan Tesch
- Department:
- Department of Main Roads
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Barry Leahy
- Department:
- Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Phil Clarke
- Department:
- Department of Local Government, Sport and Recreation
Palm Island
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Linda Apelt
- Department:
- Department of Communities and Disability Services Queensland
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Mal Grierson
- Department:
- Department of Public Works
Pormpuraaw
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Bruce Wilson
- Department:
- Department of Transport
Woorabinda
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Scott Spencer
- Department:
- Department of Natural Resources and Water
Wujal Wujal
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Commissioner Bob Atkinson
- Department:
- Queensland Police Service
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Assistant Commissioner Andrew Henderson
- Department:
- Queensland Police Service
Yarrabah
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Andrew Wilson (pending appointment of Director-General)
- Department:
- Department of Health
- Chief Executive Officer:
- Roxanne Ramsey (proxy) General Manager, Northern Area (Cairns)
- Department:
- Queensland Health
Last updated: 28 April 2008.