Cultural connections

Partner with First Nations peoples and develop sustainable practices that build on traditional wisdom and provide opportunities for social and economic development.

• Forging partnerships to open up more opportunities for First Nations communities to own and access water.
• Working closely with First Nations peoples to build cultural values into water planning, as well as share knowledge and grow economic and social benefits.
• Ensuring water plans and management systems consider climate change impacts on water availability and incorporate Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples cultural needs and values.
• Respecting and recognising Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Island peoples as traditional custodians who have cared for rivers, country, sea and sky for more than 60,000 years.
• Respecting the sensitivity and intellectual property of traditional knowledge and acknowledging the willingness of First Nations peoples to help share future water management.