Australia’s chief scientist will meet with Indigenous experts within weeks to begin work on how the government can help elevate and protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems.
The work, to be led by First Nation Australians, will form the basis for new plans to increase engagement with the systems, with the options developed to eventually land on the Prime Minister’s desk.
It comes after the Albanese government elevated Indigenous knowledge to a National Science and Research Priority last year, a move experts welcomed but said must be followed by policy action.
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