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Aboriginal & Islander Child Care Mobile Outreach | | Organisation Type: Sate | | Contact: Valerie Dempsey | | Telephone: 07 4743 9626 | | E-mail: Valerie.Dempsey@bigpond.com | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Welfare Service | | Organisation Type: State | | Contact: Henry Craigie | | Telephone: 07 4743 6343 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | We assist with food vouchers, telephone services, as well as offering Funeral and Medical assistance. Bill Paying assistance is also available. |
Aged Care Assessment Team | | Organisation Type: State | | Contact: Tove Larsen | | Telephone: 07 4744 7104 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Provision of assessment, information, advice and assistance to older people who want to remain at home, or who are thinking about moving into a hostel or nursing home. Their doctor, community nurse or social worker refers most people to the Aged Care Assessment Team, but this is not essential. The aim is to help you choose available services to suit your lifestyle. |
Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Services - Queensland Health | | Organisation Type: State | | Contact: Cherie Thompkin | | Telephone: 07 4744 7100 | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
Arthur Petersen's Special Care Centre Inc. | | Organisation Type: Medical Services | | Contact: Christine Kelso | | Telephone: 07 4749 5522 | | E-mail: apss@austarnet.com.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Diversion from Custody Program, Cell Visitors Program. This is the first contact for those with alcohol/drug abuse problems. Service delivery. Culturally Aboriginal appropriate, but all are welcome - Aboriginal or non - Aboriginal. |
Blue Care Centre: Blue Nursing Mount Isa | | Organisation Type: Medical Services | | Contact: Helen Davis | | Telephone: 07 4743 2041 | | Website: www.bluecare.org.au | | E-mail: mtisa.bns@bluecare.org.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | |
An in-home respite service for anybody with a disability. Clients can be taken shopping, to appointments and on recreational outings if required. |
Blue Care Centre: Mount Isa Respite Services | | Organisation Type: Medical Services | | Contact: Robyn Mumford | | Telephone: 07 4743 8754 | | Website: www.bluecare.org.au | | E-mail: rl.mumford@bluecare.org.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | |
This centre based respite service offers programs for people who are frail aged, people with dementia, people at risk, people with disabilities and specific programs for infants and school aged children. |
Blue Care Nursing - Cloncurry | | Organisation Type: Medical Services | | Telephone: 07 4742 1613 | | City/Town: Cloncurry |
Child Health Clinic | | Organisation Type: Child Health Service | | Contact: Maggie Murtagh | | Telephone: 07 4743 2168 | | E-mail: maggie_murtagh@health.qld.gov.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | IMMUNISATION:
Clinic Open 8.30am - 12.30, 2.00pm - 4.30pm Monday & Tuesday 9.00am - 12.30pm, 2.00pm - 5.30pm Thursday CHILD HEALTH:
Clinic Open 8.30am, 1.00pm, 1.30pm - 5.00pm Monday & Tuesday 8.50am - 1.00pm, 1.00pm - 5.30pm Thursday 8.40am - 1.00pm, 1.50pm - 5.00pm Friday |
Cloncurry TAFE | | Organisation Type: Education Services | | Telephone: 07 4742 2380 | | City/Town: Cloncurry |
Community Health Services Centre | | Organisation Type: Community Health Centre | | Contact: Mary Bouwens | | Telephone: 07 4744 6866 | | E-mail: bouwensm@health.qld.gov.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Free community service to any individual, group or family with particular emphasis on supporting and maintaining the family where problems arise.
A part-time home help service is provided for the Aged and Disabled after professional assessment of need. |
Community Network Forum | | Organisation Type: Community Service | | Community service providers meet bi-monthly to discuss community issues and to
raise awareness of services currently available and required. All are welcome.
Please ring for meeting date.
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Department of Emergency Services - State Emergency Services (SES) & Volunteer Marine Rescue | | Organisation Type: Safety and Rescue Services | | Contact: Jane Lowrie | | Telephone: 07 4743 2601 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | Boundaries:
Area ia bounded by the complete Northern Territory border and includes the city of Mount Isa and the Shires of Boulia, Burketown, Carpentaria, Cloncurry, Diamantina, Doomadgee, Mornington and McKinlay. Duties:
Responsible for all counter disaster planning and operations, administrative and training support to all SES volunteer units, advice and assistance to local government and business. |
High School Chaplain | | Organisation Type: School Religious Education Services | | Telephone: 07 4749 5032 | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
Home and Community Care - HACC | | Organisation Type: Pensioners & Disability Service | | Contact: Bev Wardrop | | City/Town: Cloncurry |
Home Assist Secure | | Organisation Type: Pensioners & Disabilty Service | | Contact: Janette McLuckie | | Telephone: 07 4749 0036 | | E-mail: hasmtisa@tpgi.com.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | |
Home Assist Secure meets on the second Wednesday of each month.
We give free advice to people over sixty or any age with disability.
We give subsidised assistance to people over sixty or any age with a disability who receive a Commonwealth Government Pension on health, safety and security matters. |
Housing Resource Service | | Organisation Type: State Community Service | | Contact: Joyce Barlow | | Telephone: 07 4743 9659 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | |
Meetings: Monthly community advisiory committee at Qld Courthouse.
Funded by Housing Queensland and auspiced locally by MICDA Inc.
All tenant inquiries welcome for advice or committee participation.
- Provides housing options for Mount Isa and district (Karumba, Longreach, Boulia and Richmond);
- Advice for private rental tenants on their responsibilities and rights covered by the residential Tenancies Act 1994.
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Injilinji Prepschool & Kindergarten | | Organisation Type: Education Services | | Contact: Samantha Plitz | | Telephone: 07 4743 5359 | | E-mail: injilinjipreschool@bigpond.com | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
Injilinji Youth Services | | Organisation Type: Youth Centre | | Contact: Valarie Craigie | | Telephone: 07 4749 5276 | | E-mail: injilinji@intune.com.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Injilinji Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Corporation For Children & Youth Services
8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday |
Injilliji Community Aged Care Program | | Organisation Type: Aged Care Program | | Contact: Lloyd Kyle | | Telephone: 07 4749 0005 | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
Integrated Mental Health Service | | Organisation Type: Mental Health Service | | Contact: Helen Glazier | | Telephone: 07 4744 6871 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | We provide a confidential intake service for people who have problems such as depression, anxiety, and for counselling. The public can be self-referred or referred from another service. We provide education sessions and group sessions. |
Jalanga Housing Co-Operative Society Ltd | | Organisation Type: Housing Assistance | | Contact: Julie Dempsey | | Telephone: 07 4743 6260 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Provide housing assistance to indigenous person at affordable rent. Committee
meetings last Tuesday of every month.
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Kash Aboriginal Corporation | | Organisation Type: Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation Centre | | Telephone: 07 4743 2370 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation Centre. |
Marriage Registry Office | | Organisation Type: Marriage Celebrant | | Telephone: 07 4744 6811 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | |
Marriages can be performed Monday to Friday between the hours of 9.00am - 4.00pm.
Marriages can be performed on Saturdays during the following hours - by arrangement 9.15am - 11.45am. And 2.15pm - 3.45pm.
Parties must provide two witnesses. |
Mines & Energy, Inspector & Registrar of Mines | | Organisation Type: Occupational Health and Safety | | Contact: Ray Seymour | | Telephone: 07 4744 3838 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | |
We are responsible for the regulation of Health and Safety in the Mining industry. We handle the administration of Mining and Exploration tenures. |
Mitakoodi Aboriginal Corporation | | Organisation Type: Aboriginal Corporation | | Contact: Beverly Wardrop | | Telephone: 07 4742 1208 | | City/Town: Cloncurry |
Mount Isa Community Rent Scheme | | Organisation Type: Accommodation | | Telephone: 07 4743 9058 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Provides accomodation for people on low incomes whilst waiting to be placed
into Housing Queensland accomodation.
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Mount Isa Ethnic Community Council Inc. | | Organisation Type: Ethnic Council | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Contact group for the ethnic community. Basic translating and interpreting.
Ethnic related activities. |
Mount Isa Family Support Service & Neighbourhood Centre Inc. | | Organisation Type: State | | Contact: Christine Buckland | | Telephone: 07 4743 4506 | | E-mail: mifss@bigpond.net.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | |
We offer counselling to individuals and families.
Other services include:
- Playgroup 3 times per week with free bus pick up on Thursday;
- Budgeting;
- Nutrition;
- Child and Home management.
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Mount Isa Hospital | | Organisation Type: Medical Services | | Contact: Suzanne Sandral | | Telephone: 07 4744 4444 | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
Mount Isa Special Education Developmental Unit | | Organisation Type: Special Education Unit | | Contact: Ralphine Sauer | | Telephone: 07 4743 6553 | | E-mail: rsaue3@eq.edu.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | |
Early intervention for children aged from birth up to school age that have special needs such as: Intellectuall Impairment; Physical Impairment; Speech/Language Impairment; Autistic Spectrum Disorders; Vision or Hearing Impairment. |
Mount Isa Youth Shelter | | Organisation Type: Youth Shelter | | Contact: Emily Karpowski | | Telephone: 07 4743 8450 | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
Ngurri-Ngurri Young Female Shelter | | Organisation Type: Youth Shelter | | Contact: Edna Baker | | Telephone: 07 4743 7088 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Crisis accommodation for homeless young females with or withour children from
15 years to 30 years.
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North Queensland Domestic Violence Resource Service | | Organisation Type: Family Services | | Contact: Shirley Slann | | Telephone: 07 4743 0946 | | E-mail: nqdvrs@austarnet.com.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | Domestic & Family Violence Does Not Discriminate
It Affects Everyone Regardless Of Race.
Auspiced by the Mount Isa Community Development Association Inc, the Taskforce offers the following:
- Victim support, volunteer victim support training, emergency accommodation, travel assistance and court support.
- Raising community awareness of Domestic Violence.
Providing Community Information, Court Support & Protection Order Applications, Information and Referrals.
There's no excuse for abuse |
North West Advocacy Organisation | | Organisation Type: Service to People with Disabilities | | Contact: Patricia Wilson | | Telephone: 07 4749 0022 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Advocacy support for people with a disability.
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North West Isolated Care | | Organisation Type: Rural & Remote Community Home Services | | Contact: Sandy Kelly | | Telephone: 07 4743 8362 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | All Home and Community Care services to Rural and Remote communities and
Stations in Far Western Queensland. Mount Isa city excluded.
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Public Trustee of Queensland | | Organisation Type: Public Trustee | | Contact: Greg Breen | | Telephone: 07 4743 5244 | | E-mail: greg.breen@pt.qld.gov.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | A free Will making service, conveyancing transaction, administration of Deceased Estates, preparation of Enduring Powers of Attorney, the establishment and administration of Trusts, change of Name by Deed Poll, personal and financial management and advocacy particulary for people with disabilities. Guardianship and administration, financial investment products and services. |
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) | | Organisation Type: State Department | | Contact: Martin Kelly | | Telephone: 07 4749 5516 | | Website: www.ambulance.qld.gov.au | | E-mail: mkelly@emergency.qld.gov.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | EMERGENCY PLEASE DIAL: 000Boundaries:
Flinders Shire to the Norther Territory Border, Gulf of Carpentaria to the South Australian Borders. Duties:
Delivery of Ambulance Services and Specialised Transport Services, Community Education Courses and Baby Capsule Hire. |
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) Cloncurry | | Organisation Type: State Department | | Telephone: 07 4742 1100 | | City/Town: Cloncurry |
Queensland Council of Parents & Citizens | | Organisation Type: Organisations and Associaitons | | Contact: Janet Lehmann | | Telephone: 07 4743 2513 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Advice and support to Parents and Citizens Assoc.'s of State Schools. Regular
teleconferences, information newletters and two annual face to face
conferences.
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Recreational Womens' Association | | Organisation Type: Domestic Violence Shelter | | Contact: Marlene Speechly | | Telephone: 07 4743 0440 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Domestic Violence Shelter
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School Dental Service | | Organisation Type: School Dental Services | | Contact: Andrew Wojtas | | Telephone: 07 4744 4407 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | Free dental services to all students from Pre-School to Year 10. |
Sexual Health Clinic | | Organisation Type: Medical Services | | Contact: Kerry Major | | Telephone: 07 4744 4805 | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
State Emergency Service (SES) Cadet Group | | Organisation Type: SES Cadet Scheme | | Contact: Ron Crawford | | Telephone: 07 4743 2601 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | The S.E.S. Cadet Scheme offers young people the chance to learn skills to
learn skills community in times of a disaster. It fosters the ethic of
Volunteerism. It is open to person aged between 13 and 16 years. Contact us or
speak to your school's YAP/SES Coordinator.
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State Emergency Services (SES) Camooweal | | Organisation Type: State Department | | Telephone: 07 4748 2122 | | City/Town: Camooweal |
State Primary Schools Religious Education | | Organisation Type: School Religious Education Services | | Contact: Lorna Fisher | | Telephone: 07 4743 6088 | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
The Frontier Service - Previously Remote Area Families Service | | Organisation Type: Organisations and Associations | | Contact: Kylie Harris | | Telephone: 07 4743 8333 | | E-mail: mtisarafs@bigpond.com.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa | |
R.A.F.S. responds to the particular needs of people living in very differing situations throughout remote Queensland. The service provides support to parent with the early childhood and social development of their children. They provide a range of information concerning a range of matters such as health, education, and community welfare. |
The Society for the Mount Isa Memorial Garden Settlement for the Aged T/A The Laura Johnson Home | | Organisation Type: Medical Services | | Contact: Joanne Tenza | | Telephone: 07 4744 5100 | | Website: www.lauraj.com.au | | E-mail: jtencza@lauraj.com.au | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
Tjilpatha Aboriginal Corporation | | Organisation Type: Aboriginal Corporation | | Contact: Henry Craigie | | Telephone: 07 4743 3742 | | City/Town: Mount Isa |
Women's Legal Service Inc. | | Organisation Type: Legal Service | | Contact: Marilyn Gourley | | Telephone: 07 4743 5371 | | City/Town: Mount Isa | | The Workers Compensation system in Queensland is managed by the Workers Compensation Board of Queensland as a Division of the Department of Employment, Vocational Education, Training and Industrial Relations. |

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