Moonahcullah Community Action Plan - MRPD Moonahcullah Mission is located on the banks of the Edward River, Morago via Deniliquin. The mission is approximately 35 kilometres to the north of Deniliquin has currently houses two residents. The mission is supported by the Deniliquin Local Aboriginal Lands Council. • Plan compiled 9 April 2020 Riverina/Murray West Sub LEMC Committee • Reviewed 18 August 2020 • Tabled at MRPD Deniliquin PACC 26 May & 25 August 2020 • Reviewed, updated and re-disseminated 28 June 2021 Note: Deniliquin Aboriginal Lands Council have run two vaccination clinics with over 140 Aboriginal person and partners (non-Aboriginal) being vaccinated with Pfizer. Further clinics are being arranged. By end of October 2021 all persons whom want to be vaccinated will have had their second vaccination shot. Source Info Laura Hand-Ross, Aboriginal Co- ordinator Murrumbidgee LHD and Rose Dunn, Manager, Deniliquin Aboriginal Lands Council. Ongoing consultation with regards to developing this plan has taken place over a number of months, via email, phone, social media platforms and this document was tabled at the Police and Aboriginal Consultative Committee Meeting on 26 May and 25 August 2020 for review/comment. The following organisations and persons were involved in the consultation process; Cummeragunja Aboriginal Lands Council – Uncle Leon Atkinson Viney Morgan Medical Centre (Cummeragunja Aboriginal Medical Centre) – Belinda Day Wamba Wamba Aboriginal Lands Council – Colin Williams Deniliquin Aboriginal Lands Council – Rose Dunn, Toby Harradine Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre – David Crew, Karen Wilson, Jennifer Townsend, Aunty Jeanette Crew Moama Aboriginal Lands Council – John Kerr MRPD Deniliquin sector ACLO – Des Morgan NSW Health Deniliquin Mental Health – Pieta Marks NSW Health Deniliquin Aboriginal Mental Health – Laura Ross NSW Health – Denise Garner - EOC Murray River Council LEMO – Scott Barber Edward River Council LEMO – Mark Dalzell Berrigan Shire Council LEMO – Matthew Clarke Other organisations on the email list for the PACC meeting to which this document was emailed for consultation include; Department of Education, Interearch Deniliquin and FACS NSW. Level Action Responsibility 1. Prepare: COVID-19 has not entered the community • Community entry measures to • Establish an Emergency Response Team - for example • EOC, Health NSW, LALC, minimise risk of introducing COVID- Community Leaders, LALC, School, Local Council, Police, AMS, Murray River Council LEMO, 19 applied NSW Health, etc. Police, Local Elders, FACS, • Stringent self-isolation and • Determine entry and exit measures - for example town • Local Government, EM NSW quarantine for people with cold and boundaries, rules for people transiting through and EOC, Police, NSW Health flu-like symptoms • Identify resources (people, financial and physical) available to MLHD • Stay at home and physical distancing be redeployed to support the Emergency Response Team - • EOC, LEOCON, LEMO, promoted how many NGO staff are in the community and what role can Functional area (Transport), • High-risk people advised to remain they play, are there funds available to assist, road barriers or EM NSW, MLHD, Intereach at home, for example those over 50 electronic message boards Deniliquin, Transport NSW. or those with other existing medical • LEMO, Health NSW MLHD, conditions • Daily meeting each morning to handle logistics and give out Police, LALC, ACLO, Employers • Funerals limited to PHO restrictions daily jobs to the lockdown workforce • LALC, Health NSW MLHD, • Non-essential services closed • Identify what supplies are allowed in and what are not, for Functional area, Elders example alcohol • Practice good hygiene: wash and dry • Health NSW, Aboriginal hands, cough into elbow, don’t Mental Health Co-Ordinator, touch your face • Identify strategies for supporting drug and alcohol addiction, Police, ACLO, Deniliquin violence, community members with special needs, etc. Mental Health. • Processes for testing for COVID-19 in • LALC, NSW Government place (Security contract), Elders, Council Rangers, FACS. • Establish a register to monitor entry and exit from the community • NSW Health, EOC, Police, Elders, LALC, ACLO, PACC • Inform and prepare community - flyers, posters, social media Committee, Council Rangers updates to advise that the community is in lock down and what the agreed rules for entry and exit are, see NSW Health resources at https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/diseases/Pages/covid- • NSW Health, EOC, 19-resources.aspx#Aboriginal LEMO/Councils, Transport • Display public health messages on social media and in NSW, ACLO, PACC Committee community spaces • LALC, SES volunteers, Intereach, VRA, Rotary. • Community is supported to self-isolate – food deliveries, essential supplies deliveries • NSW Health, Aboriginal Mental Health, Police, ACLO • Community members are supported to quarantine in • NSW Health, NSW Public community if they have symptoms or have been diagnosed Health Unit, LALC, Elders, with COVID-19 ACLO. • Develop communication strategy to inform community members of confirmed case(s) and the need for minimal contact 2. Contain: Confirmed cases in community • Entry and exit measures maximised • Essential services only allowed into the community • LEMO, MRC, Police, Security • Community informed of confirmed • Update social media, flyers and community text messages • NSW Health, NSW Public case(s) Health Unit, LALC, Elders, • Supported accommodation for those ACLO. in quarantine to recover from mild • Use vacant houses, hotels or other properties to provide • NSW Health, EOC, Transport symptoms clean, comfortable space for quarantine purposes or identify NSW, Functional Areas, FACS. • Cleaning of quarantined other evacuation options such as larger regional towns accommodation nearby • Engage cleaning contractor so that a high standard of • NSW Government, NSW hygiene processes are followed once accommodation Health. becomes vacant 3. Elimination: COVID-19 is not contained • People instructed to stay at home • All community members instructed to stay indoors – for • NSW Health Minister, Police, • All services and facilities close example no visitors to enter or exit except health and service NSW Health, NSW Public professionals Health Unit, LALC, Elders, • Rationing of supplies and PACC, ACLO, Security, Council requisitioning of facilities Rangers • Major reprioritisation of health • Food and essential supplies to be rationed and distributed to • SES volunteers, FACS services individual homes Intereach, VRA, Rotary. • Health services to coordinate and prioritise those most at risk • NSW Health, Council, EOC, • Potential use of overflow facilities – for example suitable Functional Areas, FACS. venues to be identified until ambulance services can transfer the patient to hospital .