About Us

Integrity Health & Safety was founded by Liam Harte and Brad Goodwin, Indigenous Intensive Care Paramedics who both served in the Australian Defence Force and United Nations. Liam and Brad have extensive health backgrounds including board member roles on their Local Health Districts – as appointees of the NSW Health Minister. They are passionate about improving health outcomes for Indigenous people through employment, advocacy and education.

We strive to be an ethical, sustainable and socially responsible company that provides our clients with the best of safety products, services and solutions while leveraging these relationships to support and improve Indigenous health care capability.

An important initiative in Closing the Gap is a concerted effort by government and the private sector to foster a sustainable Indigenous-owned business sector. There are a number of mechanisms to achieve this all of which involve organisations embedding Indigenous supplier diversity into their procurement chains – assuming the product/service, price and professionalism are of an equal or better standard than what one would expect from any supplier.

Over 500 leading organisations are members of Supply Nation which is recognised by governments and corporates as certifying business as being Indigenous – ie no less than 50% Indigenous-owned.  See here the organisations that have signed up to Supply Nation to procure from Indigenous business. Similarly, many leading organisations have Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) in which they have Indigenous procurement targets.

The Federal government has an Indigenous Procurement Program by which it aims to spend 3% of contracts on certified Indigenous businesses, whereas the NSW Government launched its Aboriginal Procurement Policy (APP) aimed at awarding 3% of government goods and services contracts to Aboriginal owned businesses.

Each state is represented by an Indigenous Chambers of Commerce  which fosters Indigenous business, builds Indigenous capability and advocates on behalf of both business and government.  They are all members of the umbrella peak body, the First Australian’s Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

In 2008, the Closing the Gap report highlighted the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Seven targets were agreed upon with a focus on education, literacy, employment and health.

As we believe that Indigenous people must be empowered to lead change in health outcomes, we have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Congress of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) to support advocacy, representation and education of Indigenous people in healthcare, nursing and midwifery.

We support the ongoing continued professional development of Indigenous nurses through:

• Pro Bono training of Indigenous Nurses in First Aid and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) as part of clinical ongoing requirements.
• Providing vaccination training, upskilling and employment opportunities for Indigenous nurses to provide vaccinations in regional and rural communities.
• Sponsorship of the CATSINaM annual conference and supporting the attendance of regional nurses to this important event.

Our social impact model means that engagement with Integrity Health & Safety will fund tomorrow’s leaders of change in Indigenous health – placing Indigenous health in Indigenous hands.