Consultations

The Better Futures and Home Stretch Programs, an initiative of DFFH, aim to provide structure, guidance, and support to young people transitioning from care services to adulthood.

March 2024 – November 2024

Karabena Consulting worked with Link-Up Victoria to identify the needs and aspirations of members of the Stolen Generations and their families. The project was part of Link-Up Victoria’s broader efforts to support cultural reconnection, healing, and intergenerational empowerment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria.

March 2024 – September 2024

The Victorian Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (the Act) provides a safe legal framework for eligible people who are suffering and dying to choose the manner and timing of their death.

Karabena Consulting was engaged by CERE to evaluate the first five years of the Act. Focusing on experiences with death, dying and voluntary assisted dying (VAD) accessibility, key consultation questions addressed how VAD systems meet First Nations peoples’ needs, barriers to compliance, and the safety and compassion of VAD processes. The goal of this project was to review how the Act is operating for First Nations communities.

April – June 2024

Karabena Consulting was engaged by DJSIR to undertake Statewide consultations with Tourism Operators, Community people and Traditional Owner organisations on key inclusions and aspirations that regions had to create a viable First Peoples visitor economy.

Project Timeline: August 2023 – June 2024

Karabena Consulting was engaged by the City of Melbourne (COM) to consult with Stolen Generations survivors, their descendants and others impacted by the government policies that led to the Stolen Generations in Victoria.

Project Timeline: January 2023 – May 2023

The project focused on the development of a Business Case for the Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Community Strategic Plan. In partnership with atticusnow, Karabena Consulting led one of the strategic initiatives of focusing on inclusive and sustained decision making among people in the region.

Project Timeline: May 2022 – December 2022

The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) undertook a review of the Indigenous Student Assistance Grants Guidelines 2017 (the Guidelines). Consultations for the review were facilitated by Karabena Consulting.

Project Timeline: The review commenced in August 2022 with consultations occurring from August to September 2022 and drafting of amendments from October to November 2022.

Nalderun is an Aboriginal-led service provider to the Aboriginal community of the Mount Alexander shire in Victoria. Karabena was engaged by Nalderun to facilitate a strategic planning workshop and deliver a report of outcomes to support the development of the Nalderun Strategic Plan 2022-2025.

Project Timeline: March 2022 – April 2022

Karabena Consulting was engaged to facilitate consultations with members of the Birrarung Council to inform the development of a bi-cultural governance model.

Project Timeline: December 2021 – March 2022

Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation based in Katherine, Northern Territory.

Wurli engaged Karabena Consulting to revise their Initial Assessment Form and develop associated training for staff.

Project Timeline: April 2021 – November 2021

The Victorian Government announced the Victorian Stolen Generations Reparations in March 2020.

The Stolen Generations Reparations Steering Committee was established in December 2020 to provide recommendations and oversight on the design of reparations to Victorian Stolen Generations.

Project Timeline: March 2021 – May 2021

This project was funded to identify possible solutions to address the issue of housing affordability, sub-quality housing and homelessness and the associated impacts on health and wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Project Timeline: January 2020 – October 2020

Karabena Consulting was engaged to facilitate consultations with a wide range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders to inform the renewal of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy.

Project timeline: July 2020 – September 2020

Karabena Consulting was engaged to facilitate workshops with various stakeholders to develop a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and suicide prevention body.

Project timeline: December 2018 – December 2019