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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 21 [EXT_19a] Figure 21 A cultural burn undertaken by Banbai rangers at Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area
Figure 22 [EXT_19e] Figure 22 Banbai ranger Dominic Cutmore lighting a cultural burn at Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area
Figure 23 [EXT_19c] Figure 23 Banbai rangers Cody Patterson, Tremane Patterson and Mervyn Torrens measuring a threatened backwater grevillea as part of a long-term cross-cultural monitoring program at Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area
Figure 24 [EXT_19b] Figure 24 Banbai ranger Tremane Patterson surveying Indigenous rock art at Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area that was saved from bushfire damage following preparations by the Banbai rangers, including cultural burning and protective measures
Figure 25 [EXT_19d] Figure 25 Fire damage to Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area and Warra National Park following the Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20
Figure 26 Properties engaged in savanna burning in northern Australian tropical savannas
Figure 27 Fire frequency in northern Australian tropical savannas, 2000–20
Figure 28 WeatheX hail report locations from the 31 October 2020 event
Figure 29 Largest hailstone observed in the 31 October 2021 event (maximum diameter of 13 centimetres)
Figure 30 [EXT_26b] Figure 30 Kangaroo Island dunnart captured by motion-sensing camera