Colonisation Cleared 95% of These Woodlands – Indigenous Cultural Burning Is Bringing It Back

Colonisation cleared 95% of these woodlands – Indigenous cultural burning is bringing it back

For millennia, First Nations people have shaped Australian ecosystems through the purposeful and skilful use of fire. This cultural burning is an important way for Aboriginal people to connect to and care for Country. Under climate change, Earth is experiencing more frequent and severe bushfires. This has prompted a rethink of Western approaches to fire management, and triggered the development of cultural burning programs supported by governmen…

Aboriginal business program returning

A successful government initiative aiming to increase Aboriginal leadership in regional communities is returning to the Goldfields-Esperance region.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander careers: graduate nurse constantly growing and learning

Kyeshia-Leigh Kent Licciardi’s experience as an expectant mum spurred her to study nursing. ‘I had two really traumatic birth experiences. Then I had a third baby and a fourth, and I kind of fell in love with the whole birth process,’ said newly graduated Registered Nurse and proud Bidjara woman, Kyeshia. ‘I started nursing with the goal of doing a midwifery degree. Along the way, I started to really enjoy general nursing and learning lots of th…