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Palm Island Community Company

Townsville, QLD

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Palm Island Community Company (PICC) is a community-controlled organisation with nearly 200 staff (75% Palm Islanders) across 16+ services, achieving full community control in 2021. Led by CEO Rachel Atkinson and Board Chair Luella Bligh, PICC is the largest non-government employer on Palm Island. PICC provides comprehensive services including primary health care (Bwgcolman Healing, community-controlled since Sept 2021), family support, community justice, women's healing, crisis accommodation, NDIS, and cultural programs. Independent QATSICPP evaluation found: "Aboriginal children are rarely taken into care on Palm Island" — a direct result of PICC's service model. 91% of staff feel they make a positive community difference. Key initiatives include: - Community Justice Group — court support, mediation, diversion - Women's Healing Service — 12-month holistic case management - Children and Family Centre — early childhood, family strengthening - PICC Station Precinct — 30-year lease Townsville hub for youth justice, manufacturing, training - Social enterprises — automotive, horticulture, retail, hospitality PICC is partnering with JusticeHub to support place-based youth justice reform in Queensland.

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ABN 14640793728 is linked to CivicScope.

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21 program/intervention records and 1 service record currently attached.

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165 funding records totalling $149.2M are visible.

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Specialised Service and Support

grant · 2023 · justice funding

$5.6M

qld_contract_disclosure

Specialised Service and Support · 2023-24 · QLD

$5.6M

National Indigenous Australians Agency

grant · 2025 · grantconnect awards

$5.5M

Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

grant · 2025 · grantconnect awards

$5.5M

Government pathways

James Cook University

0200050839 -GMT - Practice Payments · open

$64K

James Cook University

0200048327 - Consultancy Fees-Professional/Technical · open

$43K

Department of Justice and Attorney-General

General goods and services - Professional services

$41K

Department of Justice and Attorney-General

General goods and services - Professional services · open

$41K

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JusticeHub

partners with · social_enterprise

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via GrantScope

Community Controlled

Outer Regional Australia

Remoteness

6/10

SEIFA Decile

$20.1M

Revenue (2023)

Top Funding Sources (126 relationships)

Specialised Service and Support$5.6M (2023)

National Indigenous Australians Agency$5.5M (2025)

Department of Health, Disability and Ageing$5.5M (2025)

NIAA Safety and Wellbeing Program (2024-27)$5.3M (2024)

NIAA 1.3 - Safety and Wellbeing$4.8M (2024)

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$149.2M

Known funding

165

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120

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via CivicScope

Canonical namePalm Island Community Company Limited

Typecharity

SectorSocial Welfare

ABN / ACN14640793728

GS IDAU-ABN-14640793728

LocationQLD · 4810 · Townsville

Place contextOuter Regional Australia · SEIFA 6/10

ControlledCommunity controlled

Source count1

Confidenceregistry

Funding Received

via GrantScope · CivicScope

$59.3M

Justice Programs

$404K

Public Contracts

$89.8M

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Specialised Service and Support

grant · 2023 · justice funding

$5.6M

qld_contract_disclosure

Specialised Service and Support · 2023-24 · QLD

Category: Social Services. Contract period: 2023-07-01 to 2028-06-30

$5.6M

National Indigenous Australians Agency

grant · 2025 · grantconnect awards

$5.5M

Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

grant · 2025 · grantconnect awards

$5.5M

NIAA Safety and Wellbeing Program (2024-27)

grant · 2024 · justice funding

$5.3M

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NIAA Safety and Wellbeing Program (2024-27) · 2024-25 · QLD

NIAA Safety and Wellbeing contract for 2024-2027 period. Contract dated 03/03/2025. Covers family safety, community wellbeing, and youth programs on Palm Island.

$5.3M

NIAA 1.3 - Safety and Wellbeing

grant · 2024 · justice funding

$4.8M

niaa-senate-order-16

NIAA 1.3 - Safety and Wellbeing · 2024-25 · QLD

$4.8M

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Specialised Service and Support

$5.6M

qld_contract_disclosure

$5.6M

National Indigenous Australians Agency

$5.5M

Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

$5.5M

NIAA Safety and Wellbeing Program (2024-27)

$5.3M

Organization

Palm Island Community Company

charity

$20.1M revenue (2023)

Programs / places

Children and Family Centre (CFC)

Early Intervention

PICC Making Decisions in Our Way

Community-Led

Family Care Service (Safe House)

Family Strengthening

Bwgcolman Healing (Primary Health)

Wraparound Support

Diversionary Service (Safe Sobering-Up)

Diversion

Family Wellbeing Service

Family Strengthening

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JusticeHub

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Matthew Lindsay

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Raymond Palmer

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person roles · registry

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