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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.


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.



Disability Services

Organisation Type: Disability Support
Contact: Jason Thomas
Telephone: 07 4743 9837
Website: www.disability.qld.gov.au
E-mail: jason.thomas@disability.qld.gov.au
City/Town: Mount Isa


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.


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.


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.


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.


Mount Isa Hospital

Organisation Type: Medical Services
Contact: Suzanne Sandral
Telephone: 07 4744 4444
City/Town: Mount Isa


Mount Isa Institute of TAFE - A Division of Department of Employment & Training

Organisation Type: Education Services
Contact: Gary Kinnon
Telephone: 07 4744 9999
Website: www.mtisa.tafe.qld.gov.au
E-mail: gary.kinnon@deta.qld.gov.au
City/Town: Mount Isa


Mount Isa School of The Air - School of Distance Education

Organisation Type: Education Services
Contact: Tim Moes
Telephone: 07 4744 8333
Website: www.mtisasde.qld.edu.au
E-mail: theprincipal@mtisasde.qld.edu.au
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.


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:

  1. Victim support, volunteer victim support training, emergency accommodation, travel assistance and court support.
  2. 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.


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.


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: 000

Boundaries:

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.


Recreational Womens' Association

Organisation Type: Domestic Violence Shelter
Contact: Marlene Speechly
Telephone: 07 4743 0440
City/Town: Mount Isa
Domestic Violence Shelter


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.


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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