We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Elders, Ancestors and leaders of the Kulin Nations on whose unceded lands ILBIJERRI Theatre Company is based.
We extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, recognising their resilience and ongoing connection to land, water and culture, despite ongoing colonial interruption and genocide.
Always was, always will be, sacred Indigenous land.
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Announcing the First Nations Performing Arts Workforce Framework 2025–2030
A framework about legacy. Sovereignty. And a future where our stories, voices, and labour are valued and sustained.
We’re pleased to share an advance copy of the First Nations Performing Arts Workforce Development Framework 2025–2030, ahead of its public launch later this week.
Led by the collective of federally-funded First Nations Performing Arts Companies, Bangarra Dance Theatre, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, Mooghalin, Yirrayarkin, NAISDA Dance College and Marrugeku, this Framework outlines a 10-year First Nations-led strategy to transform how we recruit, train, and retain a culturally strong and sustainable First Nations performing arts workforce.
You are receiving this early as a valued stakeholder, funder, or participant in the original 2023 Roundtable and national consultation. Your input and support have helped shape this work.
The Framework outlines:
- A pathway to reach 100% First Peoples employment across First Nations Performing Arts Collective organisations (currently 53.4%)
- A scalable, embedded workforce model coordinated by First Nations organisations
- Strategies for training, on-the-job learning, retention, wellbeing and cultural safety
- Alignment with Revive’s “First Nations First” principle, Closing the Gap Target 8, and the 2024 Productivity Commission’s call for community-led solutions
We are now advocating for federal investment in a business case to bring this model to life.
