OPINION | Commissioning in place can connect fragmented services, strengthen accountability, and improve outcomes for communities through local stewardship.
Ninety-one programs. Eighty funding streams. Ninety-two funder relationships. Four islands off the coast of Brisbane.
That is what we found when we traced the services and public investment reaching the Southern Moreton Bay Islands. We also found something harder to name: nobody whose job it was to see whether all this activity was adding up to better lives for island residents.
This was not a straightforward story of underinvestment. Money was flowing, programs were operating, and committed organisations were at work.