Ed Wensing, University of NSW Using high quality, independent evidence and through active, Matthew Kelly, University of NSW managed engagement, AHURI works to inform the policies Donald McNeill, University of Sydney and practices of governments and the housing and urban ISBN development industries, and stimulate debate in the broader Australian community. [...] The study built on both prior scholarship and discussions with Traditional Custodian participants to identify three aspects of this relationship: • the experiences and expectations of First Nations peoples in engaging with urban policy domains in major Australian cities • the capacity of non-Indigenous urban policy professions to partner with First Nations peoples as sovereign actors • the pathway. [...] An iterative process of transcribing, reviewing and workshopping of main themes and messages was undertaken with each of the Wurundjeri and Dharug participants all the way through to publication of this report. [...] At the same time, we collated and annotated the relevant urban policy texts to understand the precise nature of the statutes, regulations, policies, strategies, codes and guidelines that shape the relationship of urban policy professions with First Nations people. [...] Policy implications 5.1 Contributions of this research 5.1.1 What are the experiences and expectations of First Nations people regarding urban policy? 5.1.2 What is the capacity and readiness of the urban policy professions in Australia to partner with First Nations as sovereign people exercising co-existing governance? 5.1.3 How can urban policy appropriately and respectfully reflect, learn from,.
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Table of Contents
- List of tables 0
- Acronyms and abbreviations used in this report 0
- Executive summary 3
- 1. Introduction 0
- 1.1 Why this research was conducted 0
- 1.2 Centring Country and sovereignty as the conceptual frame of the research 0
- 1.3 Research methods 0
- 1.3.1 Indigenous-informed methodology and design 0
- 1.3.2 Research activities 0
- 1.3.3 Analysis and writing approach 0
- 2. First Nations experiences and expectations of urban policy 0
- 2.1 Existing research on First Nations engagement with urban policy 0
- 2.2 Perspectives and experiences of First Nations urban practitioners 0
- 2.2.1 Respecting cultural protocols 0
- 2.2.2 External pressures experienced by Traditional Custodians 0
- 2.2.3 Tensions created by colonial recognition frameworks 0
- 2.2.4 Conflicting philosophies between caring for Country and urban development priorities 0
- 2.2.5 Practices to achieve better outcomes 0
- 2.3 Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung experiences and expectations 0
- 2.3.1 ‘We’re still here’: why urban policy matters to Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Traditional Custodians 0
- 2.3.2 Governance arrangements that support the voice of custodians 0
- 2.3.3 Barriers and frustrations 0
- 2.3.4 Treaty 0
- 2.3.5 The Nangenala project 0
- 2.4 Dharug experiences and expectations of urban policy 0
- 2.4.1 Why urban policy matters to Dharug Traditional Custodians 0
- 2.4.2 Barriers and frustrations 0
- 2.4.3 Load on community 0
- 2.4.4 (Not) following cultural protocol 0
- 2.4.5 Levers for change 0
- 2.5 Policy implications 0
- 3. Settler policy impacting First Nations Country, culture and community 0
- 3.1 Existing research on the impact of policy on First Nations Country, community and culture 0
- 3.2 Policy recognition of First Nations rights and self-determination 0
- 3.2.1 International instruments for recognition 0
- 3.2.2 Recognition in Australia 0
- 3.2.3 Victoria: Advancement of Treaty 0
- 3.2.4 NSW: OCHRE and local decision-making 0
- 3.3 Settler policy and recognition of the land relationship 0
- 3.3.1 Native Title 0
- 3.3.2 Statutory Land Rights v Native Title in NSW 0
- 3.3.3 Victoria’s Traditional Owner Settlement Act 0
- 3.4 Urban policy contact zones 0
- 3.4.1 Urban policy impacting Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Country in Victoria 0
- 3.4.2 Urban policy impacting Dharug Country in NSW 0
- 3.5 Policy attention to First Nations knowledges and cultural heritage 0
- 3.5.1 Protecting Indigenous intellectual and cultural property 0
- 3.5.2 Indigenous data sovereignty and governance 0
- 3.6 Urban policy and First Nations disadvantage 0
- 3.6.1 Closing the Gap: national 0
- 3.6.2 Closing the Gap: NSW 0
- 3.6.3 Closing the Gap: Victoria 0
- 3.7 Policy implications 0
- 4. Capacity within urban policy domains and professions 0
- 4.1 Existing research on capacity and the role of non-Indigenous practitioners 0
- 4.2 Methods for centring First Nations experiences in the yarn with non-Indigenous practitioners 0
- 4.3 Perceptions of role as an intermediary translator 0
- 4.4 Substantive and material changes in practice 0
- 4.4.1 Unlearning practices 0
- 4.4.2 Materially supporting self-determination 0
- 4.4.3 Intergenerational thinking 0
- 4.4.4 Seeing and countering the burden of engagement 0
- 4.4.5 What practitioners didn’t say 0
- 4.5 Policy implications 0
- 5. Policy implications 0
- 5.1 Contributions of this research 0
- 5.1.1 What are the experiences and expectations of First Nations people regarding urban policy? 0
- 5.1.2 What is the capacity and readiness of the urban policy professions in Australia to partner with First Nations as sovereign people exercising co-existing governance? 0
- 5.1.3 How can urban policy appropriately and respectfully reflect, learn from, and embed First Nations perspectives and knowledges on Country, community and culture? 0
- 5.2 Final remarks 0
- References 0
- Appendix 1: Miro board responses from non-Indigenous practitioners in NSW and Victoria 0
- Table 1: Policy documents analysed 0
- Table 2: Historic timeline of national-level Indigenous advisory bodies 1970s to 2020s 0
- Table A1: Non-Indigenous practitioner Miro Board responses 0
