Clinical Council

Dr Jason is a Yued Noongar man from the small community of Dandaragan in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia and grew up in the country before heading to the city to pursue a cricket scholarship. Jason’s Aboriginal heritage offers him a unique insight into the health system and how First Nations communities interact with it.

During his time in the Kimberley he was Lead Clinical Advisor for E-Health at the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services until 2014 and worked closely with the sector to develop clinical pathways and new tools for the MMEx system and governance documentation and support for remote clinics in their use of the new cloud-based clinical record. During this time Jason worked clinically along the Dampier Peninsula communities of Beagle Bay, Adyaloon (One Arm Point) and Djrandjin in addition to holding the Lead Clinician Position for Headspace Kimberley.

Jason is a member and previous Director on the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association. Since 2015 he has held an Indigenous Clinician position with the North Queensland Primary Health Network Clinical Council and stood on the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service Clinical Council from 2016 to 2018 representing Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations. During this time he was a part of the key stakeholder working group for the scoping of the iRiver project for Queensland health remote electronic health record system rollout.

This has led Jason to fiercely advocate for improved systems of care and equitable access to electronic health solutions for First Nations communities.

Jason now lives in Cairns with his three children and wife and makes the beautiful commute to Yarrabah each day where he holds the Director of Clinical Services position at Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service, an ACCHO serving some 3500 people. His passions include Indigenous Health and Primary Care along with jiujitsu, digital art and gaming.

Her professional background is grounded in child protection, including roles within Intensive Family Support and the Intensive Support Service at Act for Kids in Cairns, as well as the Bail Response Program supporting young people involved in the youth justice system. Her work has focused on risk assessment, safety planning, and strengthening caregiver capacity to support safer, more stable family environments.

Caterina brings a strong primary health perspective to her practice, recognising the importance of early identification, prevention, and integrated care in improving long-term outcomes. Her work is informed by the social determinants of health, including the impacts of trauma, socioeconomic disadvantage, and access to services. She has extensive experience working across multidisciplinary and cross-sector contexts, partnering with health, education, child protection, and justice services to deliver coordinated, family-centred care.

She has a particular interest in service system improvement in regional settings, including strengthening collaboration, improving access, and supporting high-quality, evidence-informed practice.

She is the founder of Nutrition for a Healthy Life, a telehealth dietetic service designed to remove the barriers that have long prevented people in regional areas from accessing timely, personalised nutrition support. Recognising the critical shortage of allied health services outside major cities, Kate built her practice around flexible, high-quality care delivered entirely via telehealth — making expert dietetic advice available to clients wherever they are in Queensland.

Kate has lived and worked in a number of North Queensland communities during her career, including Mackay, Cairns & Innisfail.

A Bowen local who trained in Townsville, she has lived and worked in Mackay for over two decades. Specializing in child and youth mental health and family therapy, Allahna brings a multidisciplinary lens to cross-sector integration and regional healthcare delivery.

Since graduating from the University of Queensland in 2015, Eamon has worked in a variety of settings as a physiotherapist.

His clinical experience includes acute hospital work including intensive care and coronary care units as well as community and outpatient physiotherapy. Eamon developed a passion for working in men’s health and after relocating back to Mackay in 2023, he now spends most of his clinical time assisting men in the area as they recover from prostate cancer treatment and its side effects.

Eamon has enjoyed experience providing clinical education support for studying physiotherapists and working in management roles including managing a large team of hospital physiotherapists. His role at Active Physiotherapy Mackay allows him to support and treat his patients as well as manage the highly skilled allied health and administration teams he works with.

Outside of work, Eamon loves watching Rugby League and supporting the North Queensland Cowboys, the Mackay Cutters, and in the local Mackay competition the West Tigers – where he played his junior football. He enjoys spending time with his young family, and is looking forward to providing input to NQPHN in his role on the Clinical Council and assisting to shape the health service of the region where he grew up.

Tania worked across a range of specialities in the early days of her career. After being a general nurse for 20 years, Tania discovered a passion for MHAOD and has been a committed advocate ever since. For more than 11 years, Tania has worked for public health in the AOD sector, now established as a clinical senior in the field.

Additionally, in 2019, Tania founded her nurse-led practice in Mackay, Queensland – Kelly Health: Mental Health & Addiction Solutions. In 2019-2020, Tania researched and wrote a book “Keep Calm and Treat Addiction: Your 12-step guide to client recovery”. This book outlines the current evidence-based principles of alcohol and drug addiction treatment and interventions and aims to demystify addiction treatment and equip others working in health and social services to feel confident in working with their current client base who are struggling with addiction.

When she’s not working in Mackay, Tania is spending time with her husband and three adult children (and a new granddaughter) plus her fur baby Chili the Border Collie who is an aspiring therapy dog (and already providing oodles of loving therapy to Tania and to everyone she meets).

Raoul began his career serving in the Australian Army during his university studies, with postings across Australia and overseas, before transitioning into the human services sector. He has held senior management roles in NGOs, leading programs in community resilience, refugee resettlement, emergency response, social enterprise, and Indigenous community development across the NT, Kimberley, Far North Queensland, and the South Pacific.

With a strong background in governance, stakeholder engagement, and risk management, Raoul brings a commitment to practical, community-led outcomes and is pleased to contribute to the NQPHN Clinical Council.

Tracey is in her 13th year at TAIHS and has worked across Youth, community services and primary health.

She started her journey through completing her studies initially in justice then moving on to Cert 4 Community services, specialising in youth work. For the first 8 years in her career she was employed with Qld Youth services were she also completed a Diploma in Youth Studies and has worked in a variety of roles working with at risk youth, then later with vulnerable families with TAIHS Family Wellbeing Program
Prior to her role as Director of Primary Health, she had been the Manager of Social Emotional Wellbeing Services where she completed her Diploma of Counselling.

Tracey has never wavered from her core beliefs of holistic cultural and community care, believing that investment in the Social Emotional Wellbeing and mental health spaces, is vital to healing. She was integral in developing the Joint Model of Care with the Queensland Health Mental Health Service Group to ensure access to ongoing and holistic mental health care co-located at TAIHS. This Joint Model of Care is the only one of its kind in Australia.