05/10/2026
Congratulations to the Committee and volunteers! - finalists in the Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network Primary Health Awards for the Mens and Womens and Mens High Teas.
🎉 The finalists are in! MPHN is proud to announce the finalists for the 2026 Murrumbidgee Primary Healthcare Awards, recognising outstanding leadership, innovation and initiatives helping people across the Murrumbidgee live healthier lives.
This year’s finalists represent an incredible range of healthcare professionals, organisations and community-led initiatives making a positive difference across our region.
👏 Congratulations to our finalists across four award categories:
Outstanding Contribution to Leadership in Primary Healthcare
• Dr Katrina DeMarco (Your Health Griffith)
• Dr Megan Elliott-Rudder – GP Antenatal Shared Care Program 2025 (Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation and Peter Street Medical Centre)
• Daniel Perri (The Foot Clinic - Wagga Wodonga)
• Dr Nathaniel Chiang (Riverina Vascular Care Centre)
Innovation
• Improving Access to Structured Scoliosis Care in the Griffith and Riverina Community (Riverina Family Chiropractic)
• Multidisciplinary High Risk Foot Clinic – Bill Ryder in partnership with Dr Nathaniel Chiang (The Foot Clinic - Wagga Wodonga)
• 2025 Narrandera Tradie Charity Day – Tough Jobs, Real Talk (Bundy's Plastering)
Promoting Healthy Living
• Hearing Voices Support Groups (Murrumbidgee Local Health District)
• Jingellic Hub Women’s and Men’s High Tea Events (Jingellic Hub - Showgrounds)
• Lungs in Action – In Motion Fitness (In Motion Fitness Wagga)
• Riverina Ramblers (Riverina Ramblers and Mongrels Men)
Emerging Leader
• Amelia Fitzgerald (Wellways)
• Alana Higgins (Nova Health Co)
• Priscilla Jaya (Priscilla Jaya - The Human Alchemist and The CPR Chick!)
• Dr Jessica Wright (Gundagai Medical Centre)
Winners will be announced at the 2026 Murrumbidgee Primary Healthcare Awards gala dinner on Friday 30 October in Wagga Wagga.
Congratulations to every finalist. We look forward to celebrating the people and programs making a meaningful contribution to primary healthcare across the Murrumbidgee. 💙
Learn more about the finalists at https://mphn.org.au/blog/finalists-announced-for-the-2026-murrumbidgee-primary-healthcare-awards