Posts Tagged ‘National Reconciliation Week’
Reconciliation Takes Action: South East Water and the Barring Djinang summer internship program
Japheth Langerak joined South East Water on the Barring Djinang summer internship program, which is part of a five-year Victorian government strategy to enhance Aboriginal employment outcomes across the public sector and runs from 2019 through to 2024. Japheth’s indigenous family originates from Tasmania (known as Palawa), tracing back to Ben Lomond (NE Tasmania). After…
Read MoreReconciliation Takes Action: Lower Murray Water Traineeship
Lower Murray Water (LMW) recognise that having a diverse and inclusive workforce provides different views, experiences and insights that filter through to the rest of the organisation. To uphold these values and support the LMW Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), an indigenous traineeship within their People & Culture Team was established. The aim of the traineeship…
Read MoreRodney Carter and Rueben Berg on Cultural Values in Waterways
At our recent conference, Connect 2021, we were fortunate enough to have Rodney Carter and Rueben Berg speak about First Nation’s cultural values in waterways. Rodney is a descendant of Dja Dja Wurrung and Yorta Yorta people and is the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and the Dja…
Read MoreProviding Traditional Owner access to water and shared benefits
Celebrating National Reconciliation Week Victorian water corporations are trialling a number of different ways of providing Traditional Owner access to water and shared benefits. Most of these are exploratory or in early planning stages, while some are currently in progress. Wannon Water is supporting the Killara Kooyong Project, a pilot eel aquaculture project using water…
Read MoreA partnership approach to land and waterway management in Gippsland
Celebrating National Reconciliation Week Four water corporations in the Gippsland region – East Gippsland Water, Gippsland Water, South Gippsland Water and Southern Rural Water – are signatories to the Gunaikurnai Land And Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) and Gippsland Environmental Agencies (GEA) Partnership Agreement. The Agreement has four key objectives and a two-year action plan. The…
Read MoreVictorian water corporations supporting Aboriginal economic development through social procurement
In line with Victorian Government’s social procurement objectives, water corporations’ social procurement strategies include the provision of opportunities for Aboriginal Victorians. Several water corporations engage Traditional Owner organisations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses to provide a range of goods and services in relation to water and land management as well as for other…
Read MoreIncorporating Traditional Owner ecological knowledge and cultural values in Victorian waterways
Victorian Traditional Owners have managed land and water sustainably for thousands of generations. The Victorian water sector is working with Traditional Owner groups across the state to incorporate their ecological knowledge and cultural values in water planning and management. Aboriginal Waterway Assessments (AWA) are an important tool to help incorporate traditional ecological knowledge into water…
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