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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 71 Backpack leaf blowers have become essential equipment for managing kilometres of fire front (left). Cool fires burning through savanna woodland marked with termite mounds (right)
Figure 72 Bininj Traditional Owner women in Kakadu National Park using the Healthy Country AI interactive data dashboard to explore changes to weed coverage after management
Figure 73 Harvesting mi marral (Kakadu plum) at Wadeye, Palngun Wurnangat Aboriginal Corporation, Northern Territory (left). Mamabulanjin Aboriginal Corporation (Western Australia) and Thamarrurr Development Corporation (Northern Territory) have freeze-dried Kakadu plum powder for wholesale (right)
Photographs of a person picking fruit, and then an open hand holding a small pile of greenish power.

Photos: left – Northern Australia Aboriginal Kakadu Plum Alliance; right – Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation

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Figure 74 Knowledge sharing with Cape York Traditional Owners
Figure 75 Operating machinery (left) and assisting in dozer maintenance (right) at Gulkula
Figure 76 Propagating native plans for mine site rehabilitation at the Gulkula nursery
Figure 77 Annual Australian Government spending on the environment as a percentage of total budget expenses, 2014–2021 and projections to 2024
Line graph showing that federal environment spending has fluctuated but overall looks to be trending down as a fraction of total budget. Biodiversity spending has fallen while climate spending has been flat and water spending highly variable but overall f

Notes:

  1. Budget and Forward Estimates figures sourced from the 2020–21 Federal Budget.
  2. Actual figures from previous budget years sourced from historical budget documents.
  3. Spending that has been recategorised over time has been traced and collated to match the current Departmental, Outcome and Program structures (ACF 2021).

Source: Adapted from ACF (2021).

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Figure 78 Spectrum of conservation activities with sources of funding available to support them, and a range of potential returns on investment
Figure 79 On-ground mosaic control burn in savanna, a Land Restoration Fund project near Pormpuraaw, Cape York
Figure 80 Conceptual diagram of the SoilDataFederator