Hazard Note 8: Connecting Indigenous people and the emergency management sector

The Connecting Indigenous people and the emergency management sector – pathways to effective partnerships project focused on the ‘how to’ questions in building cross-cultural partnerships in northern Australia.

The project and the forum* held in Moungibi/Burketown in Queensland in September 2023 are of practical importance because they:

•  address equity in cross-cultural collaboration
•  document and promote Indigenous stewardship in partnerships
•  describe ingredients for effective cross-cultural partnerships

 * Whether the forum series is ongoing depends on financial support, but individuals and groups involved are nonetheless in a position to share their experience of the forums to date.

Natural Hazards Research Australia wishes to advise that the following pages and documents may cause distress to members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities. It may contain images or names of deceased persons.

In some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, seeing images or the names of deceased persons may cause sadness or distress and in some cases, offend against strongly held cultural prohibitions.