About Jocelyn Manique

Location: Tin Can Bay, Gympie Region, Queensland

Jocelyn Manique is a Chartered Accountant with a strong background in finance, governance and risk. She is actively involved in community-focused roles and has a strong interest in contributing to organisations that support regional communities, social justice and community safety. She serves as Treasurer of The Lady Musgrave Trust, Queensland’s oldest charity, which supports women and children in need, and is a Community Board Member of the Queensland Parole Board, contributing to decisions that support community safety and rehabilitation.

Jocelyn first became involved with ACRRM through its Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee, where she served for a few years. Once she finished her term on the committee, she was keen to remain connected with the College and its work, having developed a deep respect for ACRRM’s people, purpose and commitment to rural and remote communities. Joining the Community Reference Group was a natural way to continue contributing from a community perspective.

Living in the Gympie Region has strengthened Jocelyn’s interest in access to healthcare for ageing rural communities. With a significant and growing proportion of the region’s population aged over 65, she is particularly interested in how rural communities can access timely, practical and sustainable healthcare close to home.

Jocelyn is also concerned about the pressures facing the next generation of doctors, particularly the financial strain of mandatory placements and the additional costs associated with rural training. This is both a community concern and a personal one, as she has two daughters currently studying their Doctor of Medicine. She believes that supporting trainee doctors through fair, accessible and well-structured rural placements is essential if Australia is to build and retain the rural medical workforce communities need.

For Jocelyn, being part of the Community Reference Group is an opportunity to bring a practical governance lens, a community voice and a genuine respect for rural life to discussions about the future of healthcare in rural and remote Australia.