A national scoping of First Nations women’s health for Jean Hailes, framed through the cultural determinants of health and a capabilities approach across the life course.
Current project
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Community consultations for the evaluation of Balit Murrup, Victoria’s Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing framework, yarning with communities and the wellbeing workforce about what the next stage should hold.
Current project
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A First Peoples-led evaluation of Aboriginal Best Start across six Victorian sites, delivered with Karen Milward Consulting Services and built on the knowledge of the people who lead and deliver the program.
Current project
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A cultural review of the death benefit claims journey for a superannuation fund, with a new learning resource for staff, so that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families are met with dignity during Sorry Business.
Current project
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The ACT’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety feedback mechanism, co-designed and piloted with community and supported by a digital app, so that feedback leads to real change in practice.
Current project
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A review with Social Ventures Australia and Sedo Group of the economic development outcomes for First Nations people from the Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority’s work, centring Aboriginal business leaders and enterprise networks.
Current project
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Professor Kerry Arabena facilitated a pilot Aboriginal cultural safety session for boards, executives and operational staff in Victoria’s social and community housing sector, developed by Karabena Consulting with CHIA Vic.
October 2026
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Karabena Consulting facilitated a bespoke cultural learning session for the Board and executive of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, taking a highly experienced governance audience beyond foundational training to Treaty, economic empowerment and what world-class governance means in a First Nations context.
June 2026
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Professor Kerry Arabena facilitated two days of strategic planning for the Annamila First Nations Foundation, gathering its majority First Nations Board and leadership on Bunurong Country to shape how the Foundation contributes, convenes and influences.
May 2026
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Professor Kerry Arabena led a panel and joined the closing plenary at the Australian Homelessness Conference in Darwin, hosted by AHURI, on prevention across the whole of life and on placing people with lived experience at the centre of decisions that affect them.
October 2026
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Professor Kerry Arabena facilitated a gathering hosted by VACCHO with the Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity and Safer Care Victoria, designing how an Aboriginal Advisory Group could guide the Council’s work.
September 2026
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Professor Kerry Arabena was Master of Ceremonies for the OCHRe Convocation 2026 in Naarm, holding two days of Indigenous research, cultural safety and knowledge framework discussions under the theme Empowering Voices and Deadly Futures.
October 2026
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Professor Kerry Arabena was Master of Ceremonies for the Water is Life Traditional Owner Oversight Forum on Dja Dja Wurrung Country, a two-day statewide gathering overseeing Victoria’s Traditional Owner Access to Water Roadmap.
September 2026
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Karabena Consulting (Karabena) was engaged by Western Health (WH) in June 2025 to review the impact of the Western Health Aboriginal Health Cultural Safety Plan 2022-2025 and develop recommendations for the development of an updated 2026-2030 Cultural Safety Plan.
June 2025 – June 2026
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Karabena Consulting was engaged by Public Skills Australia (PSA) to manage and deliver the First Nations Workforce Participation Research. The project examined First Nations employment, qualifications and workforce pathways across PSA's six industry-sectors: Fire and Emergency Services, Police, Defence, Correctional Services, Local Government, and Federal and State/Territory Government, collectively referred to as the Public Safety and Government industry-sectors.
April 2026 – June 2026
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Karabena Consulting worked with Vicsport to support Victorian sport organisations receiving Sport and Recreation Victoria funding to strengthen their First Nations commitments. By 2027, medium and large sports were expected to have a Reconciliation Action Plan, while smaller sports were expected to have a First Nations Policy or commitment statement.
July 2025 – June 2027
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Karabena Consulting and First 1000 Days Australia worked with Danila Dilba Health Service (DDHS) to develop Growing Future Elders: Child and Family Model of Care. The model guides the redesign of child and family services across DDHS and brings existing services into a clearer life-course pathway.
February 2026 – May 2026
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Karabena Consulting was engaged by the Victorian Department of Education to develop an interim Koorie Communications and Engagement Strategy. Families of Koorie children make decisions about early childhood education within the realities of culture, kinship, work, transport, health, service access and trust, and the Department needed a stronger evidence base for how its communication about kindergarten participation, reforms and early childhood workforce pathways is heard, carried, trusted or lost before it reaches families.
November 2025 – May 2026
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Having a Driver Licence is a critical enabler of social and economic participation, particularly for young people in areas with limited alternative transport options such as outer metropolitan, regional, rural, and remote locations. First Peoples youth, however, often experience barriers to obtaining their Learner Permit, including a lack of culturally appropriate learning resources, limited access to technology required to engage with resources, and difficulty accessing local support services.
November 2025 – April 2026
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