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12/06/2026

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🖤💛❤️ Keep Mob Safe – Check Your Diphtheria Protection ❤️💛🖤Our brothers and sisters in the Northern Territory are current...
10/06/2026

🖤💛❤️ Keep Mob Safe – Check Your Diphtheria Protection ❤️💛🖤

Our brothers and sisters in the Northern Territory are currently dealing with a diphtheria outbreak, so now is a good time to make sure you and your family are protected.

Diphtheria can cause skin infections and sore throats and spreads through coughing, sneezing and close contact. In some cases, the bacteria can produce a dangerous toxin that can lead to serious illness.

The good news is that diphtheria vaccination is FREE for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Queensland aged 20 years and over if you need:
✔️ A full course of 3 doses
✔️ A booster dose if your last vaccination was more than 10 years ago
✔️ A booster dose if your last vaccination was more than 5 years ago and you're travelling to a high-risk area

If you have a skin sore or sore throat, don't wait — see your doctor or health clinic.

📍 Have a yarn with your local health service and check whether your vaccinations are up to date.

Looking after ourselves helps protect our children, Elders, families and communities.

💉Cherbourg Tackle Flu Clinics 2026 Hey mob, flu season is here, and protecting yourself helps protect your family, Elder...
05/06/2026

💉Cherbourg Tackle Flu Clinics 2026

Hey mob, flu season is here, and protecting yourself helps protect your family, Elders and community too.

Come along to the Cherbourg Tackle Flu Clinics and get your free flu vaccination.

📍 Cherbourg Community Health Building

📅 Monday 8 June 2026
⏰ 9am – 4pm

OR

📅 Monday 15 June 2026
⏰ 9am – 4pm

✔️ Free flu vaccinations
✔️ Help protect yourself from serious illness
✔️ Keep your family and community strong this winter

Don't forget to bring your Medicare card.

Let's tackle flu together and keep our mob healthy, strong and deadly this winter. ❄️💙

🤍 Healing Through Connection, Culture and Community 🤍Join Darling Downs Health for the inaugural Cherbourg Cultural Heal...
03/06/2026

🤍 Healing Through Connection, Culture and Community 🤍

Join Darling Downs Health for the inaugural Cherbourg Cultural Healing Day — a safe and supportive space for mob to come together through healing, connection and culture.

The day will include:
✨ Smoking Ceremony lead by Elders with prayers and blessings from the AIM Church.
✨ Yarning circles
✨ Healing spaces
✨ Activities for community
✨ Opportunities to connect with support services
✨ Spaces for reflection, culture and togetherness

📍 Cherbourg Sports Complex, Corner Fisher and Collins Road, Cherbourg
📅 Wednesday 10 June 2026
⏰ 10am – 3pm

All welcome. 💜

For more information:
📞 Christine Stewart – (07) 4169 8900
📧 [email protected]

📞 Sueanne Gola – 0447 931 904
📧 [email protected]

💜 Meet Mackenzie, our dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Generalist Health Worker with the Social and Emoti...
03/06/2026

💜 Meet Mackenzie, our dedicated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Generalist Health Worker with the Social and Emotional Wellbeing team based in Toowoomba. 💜

Mackenzie is a proud Kullilli and Boonthamurra woman, born and raised on Giabal and Jarowair Country in Toowoomba. She is passionate about building strong relationships, creating meaningful connections, and supporting community through her work with the Social and Emotional Wellbeing Team.

You might spot Mackenzie at a local coffee shop, the farmers markets, or having a yarn with someone around town. She values being present, visible and connected within community, believing that strong relationships are at the heart of positive health and wellbeing outcomes.

Mackenzie says, “Every time I yarn with our mob, I’m reminded that healing starts with connection, culture, and community. As an Aboriginal Health Worker, I’m proud to walk alongside our people and help build a stronger, healthier future for the next generation.”

She also believes that “Our identity is our strong story,” recognising the importance of culture, belonging and connection in supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Thank you, Mackenzie, for the care, compassion and support you provide to community every day. 🤍

03/06/2026

The final day of National Reconciliation Week every year is one of the most significant in Australia.

Mabo Day, celebrated annually on 3 June, commemorates Mer Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo and his successful advocacy to overturn the legal fiction of terra nullius, or ‘land belonging to no-one’.

Following the High Court’s Mabo decision, Australia’s Federal Parliament passed the Native Title Act 1993 which established a legal framework for native title claims throughout Australia by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

and Mabo Day are a reminder to be ‘All In’ to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to commit ourselves to reconciliation and the fight for First Nations justice in Australia.

🎞️ To learn more about Mabo and the High Court case, check out ‘Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia’ on ABC iview: https://ab.co/4uGzxcT

It's Never Too Late To Vaccinate.Everyone aged 6 months or older can get a free flu vaccination.It is also important to ...
01/06/2026

It's Never Too Late To Vaccinate.

Everyone aged 6 months or older can get a free flu vaccination.

It is also important to stay up to date with COVID-19, RSV and Pneumococcal vaccinations.

It’s one of the best things you can do to avoid the Emergency Department this winter.

Don’t delay, contact your GP or pharmacy to get vaccinated today.

(*Cost: the vaccine itself is free. However, some GPs or pharmacists may charge a consultation fee for administration)

🚭World No To***co Day - 31 May 🚭This year’s theme, “Unmask the appeal,” highlights how to***co and ni****ne companies ta...
31/05/2026

🚭World No To***co Day - 31 May 🚭
This year’s theme, “Unmask the appeal,” highlights how to***co and ni****ne companies target young people through "innovations" in products and marketing.
💡 Want to quit smoking or va**ng?
Queensland Quitline offers free, confidential support, plus eligible patients can access free ni****ne replacement therapy for up to 12 weeks.
You don’t have to do it alone. 💙

🌟 Stall Holders Wanted – Toowoomba Hospital NAIDOC Day 2026 🌟Darling Downs Health is inviting local businesses, artists,...
29/05/2026

🌟 Stall Holders Wanted – Toowoomba Hospital NAIDOC Day 2026 🌟

Darling Downs Health is inviting local businesses, artists, community groups, organisations and creatives to be part of our Toowoomba Hospital NAIDOC Day celebrations! 🤍🖤💛❤️

This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your products, services, culture, artwork or community initiatives while connecting with staff, patients, families and community in a vibrant and meaningful celebration of NAIDOC Week.

📅 Tuesday 7 July 2026
⏰ 10am – 2pm
Toowoomba Hospital, Peachey Street, Toowoomba QLD 4350

We would love to see a diverse range of stalls celebrating culture, community, creativity, health and wellbeing. ✨

If you are interested in becoming a stall holder, register your interest here:
https://forms.office.com/r/2PK8UsQEUf

Please share with your networks and help us create a deadly day of culture, connection and celebration. 💜

✨ Creating a more culturally safe and welcoming space at Warwick Emergency Department ✨Developed in line with Darling Do...
28/05/2026

✨ Creating a more culturally safe and welcoming space at Warwick Emergency Department ✨

Developed in line with Darling Downs Health’s 2025–2028 Health Equity Strategy, the Warwick Emergency Department Artwork Project was created to help make the space feel more culturally safe, welcoming and reflective of First Nations peoples and communities.

Guided by consultation with Traditional Owners, community members, health organisations and staff, the artwork was designed by Aboriginal artist and Mandandanji woman Nyssa Blades.

Representing healing, connection, community and culture, the artwork reflects our ongoing commitment to reconciliation, cultural respect and improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 🤍

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