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Floodwaters over the Great Northern Highway and the Fitzroy Crossing Bridge in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. AAP Image/Supplied by Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA

January 16, 2023

Disastrous floods in WA – why were we not prepared?

Toni Hay, Indigenous Knowledge and Courtney-Jay Williams, Indigenous Knowledge

The Kimberley region of Western Australia is currently being devastated by flooding. Remote communities need more support with prevention and recovery plans.

AAP Image/Brendan McCarthy

November 14, 2022

Effects of climate change such as flooding makes existing disadvantages for Indigenous communities so much worse

Toni Hay, Indigenous Knowledge and Courtney-Jay Williams, Indigenous Knowledge

With Australia experiencing its third year of a La Niña weather cycle, First Nations communities continue to be disproportionately impacted by floods. Culturally safe solutions are needed.

EPA

November 3, 2021

Land, culture, livelihood: what Indigenous people stand to lose from climate ‘solutions’

Robert Hales, Griffith University; Rowan Foley, Indigenous Knowledge; Tim Cadman, Griffith University, and Toni Hay, Indigenous Knowledge

More than 100 nations have pledged to end deforestation by 2030. But there’s no mention of the need for Indigenous people to give their prior informed consent.

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