Coonamble Aboriginal Health Service worked closely with Terri Janke Lawyer and Company, an Indigenous law firm lead by Dr Terri Janke.
Terri Janke and Company is an award – winning Indigenous Law firm. Operating since 2000, specialising in Commercial Law and lead in the area of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP).
For some years now we have been using their services and building a strong relationship. TJC have helped us with our Trademark and licensing and recently developed the legal framework for our Fair Dinkum Choices® brand. The framework sets out the use of the Fair Dinkum Choices ® brand for licensing purposes, so that our partners and approved products can use the logo we have made as a certification system.
We look forward to our ongoing collaboration with TJC.
Phil Naden
Chief Executive Officer
Phillip Naden is a proud Aboriginal descendant of the Gamilaroi people from North Western NSW near Coonabarabran. Phil is also a proud descendant of the Wiradjuri people from Peak Hill/Condobolin NSW (Bogan River People) and he was born and raised a proud Aboriginal man.
Phil is well qualified, a panel beater spray-painter by trade, a former sworn Queensland Police Officer, CEO of the largest ATSILS in Australia, former CEO with Bourke AMS, Bila Muuji Regional Consortia and now CEO of Dubbo, Coonamble and Gilgandra Aboriginal Health Service.
Additionally, Phil is the Chairperson for the NSW AH&MRC, Chairperson of Dreamtime Housing, a Director of NACCHO, Bila Muuji, The Rural Doctors Network, and the Justice Reinvestment Project.
His qualifications include a Master’s Degree in Business and Management, Justice and Policing, is a Justice of the Peace and recently run in the 2019 State Election as in Independent Candidate for the seat of Barwon.
Phil was an Aboriginal Advisor, Partner Investigator and Researcher on the Lowitja Institute funded National Career Pathways project, and is a published author to this project.
The Fair Dinkum Choices ™ project is a concept Phil initiated, wanting a version of health promotion slogan that resonated with all of our people linked to organisations such as ACCHO’s and the NGO sector.
Leading this project, Phil looks forward to the success of Fair Dinkum health promotion and activities related to Aboriginal Health nationally.
Beau Ewers
EA to CEO
Beau is a proud Wailwan man from Coonamble and has been employed by Coonamble Aboriginal Health Services for 4 years.
He has a Diploma of Leadership & Management and is a qualified Aboriginal Health Practitioner.
Since the inception Beau has played a big part in the development of the Fair Dinkum Choices ™ project.
Working closely with the team developing the app, Beau has provided much input required to set up the app and the full Fair Dinkum Choices ™ brand.
Beau is keen to see changes to community and surrounds by making some Fair Dinkum Choices. ™