9.00am November 14th 2024 AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time)
The Australian continent has over 440 First Languages. First Languages have been here since the beginning. They belong to Country. They hold knowledge and identity. They shape the way First Nations understand the world. Colonialism has threatened the living nature of these languages, harming culture and Country in the process.
Letitia Harris - proud Wiradyuri yinaa, brilliant teacher, strong nation builder - holds the window a little open for us onto a world of wonder, beauty and extraordinary depth: the Wiradyuri Language. Reflect on how we (as practitioners, researchers and students of wildlife, health and the environment) might ethically engage in the restoration of First Languages.
Associate Professor Jason Condon was asked by the Australian embassy in Vietnam to provide one of the “50 stories from 50 years” to celebrate 50 years of the relationship between the Australian and Vietnamese governments. Jason's story outlines his work in Vietnam from his Charles Sturt University sabbatical there in 2006, Charles Sturt student tours 2009-2011, honours and higher degree supervision and past and current ACIAR projects run through the Gulbali Institute.
Listen to Professor Leslie Ann Weston's Provocations public lecture as she takes us on a fascinating international tour of invasive species, equipping us to manage their devastating impacts.
Professor Lee Baumgartner spoke to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 October 31 2023