I pay my respects to the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which I live, love, work and learn; the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and generations to come.

As a refugee to this country which we now call Australia, I acknowledge that I have benefited from its colonisation and have a shared responsibility to work towards recognition, respect and reconciliation.

It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

I acknowledge the enduring leadership, resilience, wisdom, kinship, culture and connection to Country of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.