Cultural burning isn’t just important to Indigenous culture – it’s essential to Australia’s disaster management
- Written by Bhiamie Williamson, Research Fellow, Monash University
Toa55/ShutterstockLast month, Australia’s newly appointed minister for emergency management, Senator Jenny McAllister, and Senator Tony Sheldon, special envoy for disaster recovery, took part in a cultural burn outside Lismore in New South Wales, as part of the National Gathering on Indigenous Disaster Resilience.
It was significant to see...





