Country and Community-centred advisory grounded in lived experience. We provide the "Malu" to shelter the rights, aspirations and sovereignty of First Nations Traditional Owners. Our approach ensures that corporate and government engagements are not extractive but are built on the foundation of mutual integrity and enduring connection.
The Malu Difference:
First Nations Advisory
- Independent First Nations advisory to Boards, Chairs and senior executives
- Guidance on engagement, cultural risk and social licence
- Acting as a trusted interface between organisations and Traditional Owner groups
- Cultural capability development for leadership and teams
Trusted Advisory to Boards & Executives
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- Development of First Nations strategies grounded in community authority
- Strategic planning aligned to governance obligations and community aspirations
- Translating strategy into practical systems, partnerships and delivery pathways
- Design of implementation, monitoring and evaluation approaches to track impact and support continuous improvement
First Nations Strategy & Engagement Design
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- Design and coordination of FPIC-aligned negotiations
- Support for mandate setting, decision pathways and governance
- Implementation oversight of negotiated outcomes
FPIC-Aligned Negotiation & Agreement Support
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- End-to-end RAP development (Reflect, Innovate, Stretch, Elevate)
- Alignment of RAP ambition with Board priorities, risk and accountability settings
- Embedding reconciliation into business-as-usual systems and leadership behaviour
Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs)
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- Independent advisory to donors, governments and delivery partners
- Design and coordination of complex, multi-party negotiations
- Translation of technical, legal and commercial inputs into decision-ready advice
Community Governance
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- Establishment and growth of Ranger Programs
- Governance, operating model and partnership design
- Sustainable funding models and long-term viability
- Program design, monitoring and evaluation to demonstrate outcomes, strengthen accountability and support long-term program sustainability
Caring for Country & Ranger Programs
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Malu Matriarchs Collective acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters and skies. We acknowledge that Country is not a resource to be owned, but a living authority — holding Lore, knowledge, kinship systems and responsibilities that have guided communities for tens of thousands of years, and we honour their ancestors whom they walked before them, their Elders present and the next generation of leaders. We recognise their deep enduring connection to this place, and their sovereignty that has never been ceded.
We also acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific, Southeast Asia and beyond, whose cultures, customary governance systems and relational ways of being continuing to shape their lands and communities. We honour the shared strength, resilience and wisdom of Indigenous peoples across the region.
Wherever we work, we commit to walking respectfully, upholding cultural authority, and ensuring our practice strengthens — rather than extracts from — the communities and Countries we engage with.