Caring for country has been linked to a broad range of benefits that impact our health and wellbeing. But when country is sick, our people get sick. Healing country has a very deep meaning to our people because the damage to our country affects us on many levels. The destruction of land and heritage has had a great impact on our peopleâs health and wellbeing. It is all inter-connected.
It can be difficult for non-Indigenous people to understand our practices. Itâs about respecting, revitalising and restoring our ancient traditions, knowledge systems and cultural practices to protect country.
My homelands at Boort in Dja Dja Wurrung country is home to my Yung Balug family clan and has the largest collection of scar trees in Australia. Even though we are proud of these remnants of our cultural heritage, we feel powerless to look after them. This only adds to the ongoing trauma we experience as a result of colonisation and dispossession.
Changes to default providers won t lower KiwiSaver fees as Govt hopes, say experts
14 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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The number of KiwiSaver default providers will reduce from nine to six. Photo / Getty Images
Experts have poured cold water on the Government s hopes that a major shake-up to the KiwiSaver default providers will bring down fees across the industry. And the majority of those appointed as new default fund providers say the low fees on offer through their default schemes won t be applied to their other funds.
On Friday the Government announced the nine current default KiwiSaver providers would be slashed to six from December 1.