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Topaz McAuliffe

Board Director

Topaz McAuliffe is the founder and CEO of 15 Times Better, a 100% Indigenous owned company focused on empowering every organisation in Australia to make their greatest contribution to Indigenous engagement.

Topaz was the driving force behind Coles Group’s award-winning Indigenous participation program, assisting Coles to become the largest corporate sector employer of Indigenous Australians and one of Australia’s largest supporters of Indigenous businesses, gaining recognition from Fortune, the Australian Human Rights Commission, and UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Topaz has a proven track record of delivering significant social and business benefits through some of Australia’s largest corporate sector partnerships, including Bunnings, Coles Group, Wesfarmers, and Qantas. She also has significant experience working closely with Indigenous businesses to build capability and capacity, including a particular focus on supporting the growth of Indigenous suppliers as part of the aquaculture, agriculture, and bush food supply chain.

Topaz is highly regarded and extremely passionate about her work. She appreciates what it takes to build voice, equity, and mutual benefit at the partnership table and brings these skills to all her work in Indigenous affairs.

Northern Queensland Primary Health Network acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Nation Peoples and the Traditional Custodians of this land.

We respect their continued cultural and spiritual connection to country, waters, kin, and community.

We also pay our respect to their Elders past, present, and emerging as the custodians of knowledge and lore.

We are committed to making a valued contribution to the wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of northern Queensland.

NQPHN’s offices are proudly on Gimuy-Walubara Yidinji and Yirrganydji Country (Cairns), Bindal and Wulgurukaba Country (Townsville), and Yuwibara Country (Mackay).