Enormous challenges have existed for First Nations peoples, since colonisation first occurred, on what we now know, as Australia. These challenges relate to recognition and acceptance of our identities, our cultures and our rightful places in Australian society. Subsequently First Nations Peoples collective energy and efforts are channelled unevenly and mostly toward correcting the wrongs and surviving for many, rather than thriving.

In contemporary Australia, we see other issues such as the weaponizing of misinformation, artificial intelligence and polarised ideology to challenge our core values, identity, belonging and being. Further, extreme weather events, widening inequity in social and economic indicators, as well as urbanisation, all contribute to significant weakening of health, human rights and wellbeing for First Nations peoples. Further First Nations Peoples have offered solutions to some of these which have largely been rejected, but to move forward we must be part of the solution.
Values of courage, authenticity, acceptance and integrity will help us move forward as a nation, enacted through proper truth telling, treaty and reconciliation processes. In addition, healing properties of Country, culture, social connection are critical components for First Nations Peoples must be incorporated into wellbeing initiatives for First Nations peoples if we are to shift grounds and create transformational changes for our nation and Population.

Three Key Learnings:
1. Indigenous people wellbeing will improve with truth telling reconciliation and treaty and further these processes will be beneficial for all Australians wellbeing.
2. Culture country and social emotional wellbeing to identity and wellbeing
3. How do we shift from survivance to thrivance for Indigenous communities.