Gordon Browning, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Coordinator for our region has told the story of our PHN with this colourful design which is explained below:

• The multi-coloured circle at the core of this design represents our PHN’s key values of respect, diversity, innovation, collaboration, courage, excellence, and being people centred.
• Moving outwards, the six green dots represent our PHN’s health priorities: chronic disease prevention and management; maternal and child health services; mental health and suicide prevention; alcohol and other drugs; older persons’ health care; and palliative care.
• The health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is a key priority in our region, so each is represented by the inclusion of each flag’s colours in the next layer.
• Pointing outwards are message sticks, highlighting the communication pathways and partnerships that have been built to connect our communities.
• Between each pair of message sticks is a blue circle to draw attention to our enablers - that help us do what we do. These are: workforce development; system integration and collaboration; health intelligence and data analytics; and governance / clinical governance.
• The orange path is the linking point between the various communities within our region.
• The outer dotted circles represent the communities we have provided funding to support ongoing service delivery.