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We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the sovereign Traditional Owners of Australia and thank them for their stewardship of this Country, its lands, waters and skies. We respectfully acknowledge their culture and customary practices, and pay respect to their Ancestors, Elders and future leaders.

For the first time, the State of the Environment report includes a strong Indigenous narrative across all 12 thematic chapters, a narrative crafted through recognising the leadership, collaboration and authorship of Indigenous Australians who continue their connection as Traditional Owners to their lands, waters and skies.

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On 28 March 2025 the government assumed a Caretaker role. Information on websites maintained by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water will be published in accordance with the Guidance on Caretaker Conventions until after the conclusion of the caretaker period.

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Figure 11 Currowan fire aftermath, 15 January 2020
Figure 12 Hand-feeding river blackfish in captivity
Figure 13 Indigenous fire management at Dorrobbee Grasslands, Dunoon, New South Wales, on Widjabul Wia-bal Bundjalung Country, 20 August 2019
Figure 14 Burning grassy cultural pathway, Broken Head, New South Wales, on Arakwal Bundjalung Country, 30 July 2021
Figure 15 An immersive Aboriginal Youth Workshop, Murramarang Country, Yuin Nation, June 2021
Figure 16 Cool burning (left) and wildfire (right), approximately 6 months after fire, Great Sandy Desert
Figure 17 Fire in the Carlisle Heath
Figure 18 Fire scars left by the 2019–20 bushfires in Nightcap National Park
Figure 19 Frameworks for natural disaster management at different geographic scales
Figure 20 Fire impacts, 1939–2020