We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and live, and the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community, and pay respect to Elders past and present.

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First Nations UNLIMITED is an essential gathering that amplifies the voices, wisdom and leadership of First Nations peoples, serving as a platform for leaders, changemakers and allies to unite, share and learn.

It celebrates the vital roles First Nations individuals play as visionaries, advocates, mentors and custodians within their workplaces, communities and on Country.

Through storytelling, truth-telling and deep connection, the summit strengthens a growing network of First Nations leaders and equips allies with the insight and integrity to walk beside them in creating a more just and inclusive future.

Meet some of our incredible speakers

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Latrell Mitchell

He/Him | Proud, Biripi Wiradjuri Worimi Gumbaynggirr man | Star Fullback, South Sydney Rabbitohs | NRL Two-Time Premiership Winner , Indigenous All Stars Captain & 2023 Ken Stephen Medallist ‘Man of the Year’
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Latrell Mitchell

Jody Broun

She/Her | Proud Yinjibarndi woman from the Pilbara Region, CEO, National Indigenous Australians Agency
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Jody Broun

Thomas Mayo

He/Him | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man, Author, Justice Advocate & Orator, Signatory to the Uluru Statement from the Heart
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Thomas Mayo

Sheryl Hedges

She/Her | Proud Walbanga woman, Assistant Secretary, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Sheryl Hedges

Muriel Bamblett

She/Her | Proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung, Boon Wurrung Elder, CEO, Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA)
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Muriel Bamblett

Selena Uibo

She/Her | Nunggubuyu woman, Member for Arnhem & Leader of the Opposition, First Aboriginal woman to lead a major political party in Australia
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Selena Uibo

June Mills

She/Her | Larrakia Elder, Artist , Musician & Activist
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June Mills

Jahdai Vigona

He/Him | Tiwi Islands man, Co-Founder, One Percent Program, , 2023 NT Young Australian of the Year
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Jahdai Vigona

Dorrelle Napanangka Anderson

She/Her | Luritja woman, Deputy Chief Executive, Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development, NT
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Dorrelle Napanangka Anderson

Richard Fejo

He/Him | Larrakia & Warramungu man, Senior Elder, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
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Richard Fejo

Naomi Moran

She/Her | Nyangbal, Arakwal and Dunghutti woman | NSW Treaty Commissioner, NSW Government
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Naomi Moran

Alistair Beasley

He/Him | Assistant Secretary, Office of the Chief Economist, First Nations Champion, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
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Alistair Beasley

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Deeper connection & cultural grounding

Immerse yourself in a powerful space that honours the enduring strength and vitality of First Nations culture. Through expanded yarning circles and dedicated reflection time, you’ll experience more opportunities for cultural sharing, open dialogue and deep personal insight.

Hear from leading voices

Engage with compelling keynotes, panel discussions and fireside yarns featuring First Nations leaders and field experts in cultural safety, justice, equity and systems change. These are the voices shaping workplaces, communities and futures.

Extended Learning Beyond the Summit

Keep the momentum going with a post-summit in-person workshop: Leading with Culture & Strength – Cultivating Inner Peace and Purpose.

Special Guest Keynote: Latrell Mitchell

Proud Biripi, Wiradjuri and Gumbaynggirr man and NRL star, Latrell Mitchell, shares his journey of leadership, cultural pride and personal strength - on and off the field.

Deeper connection & cultural grounding

Immerse yourself in a powerful space that honours the enduring strength and vitality of First Nations culture. Through expanded yarning circles and dedicated reflection time, you’ll experience more opportunities for cultural sharing, open dialogue and deep personal insight.

Hear from leading voices

Engage with compelling keynotes, panel discussions and fireside yarns featuring First Nations leaders and field experts in cultural safety, justice, equity and systems change. These are the voices shaping workplaces, communities and futures.

This year's artist

Peta Link
Gooreng Gooreng/ Kabi Kabi
woman living on Dharawal country,
Award winning artist
Facebook - @mangeearts
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Peta Link

Peta is a Proud First Nations woman and artist, who is a descendantof the Gooreng Gooreng and Kabi Kabi Nations of the Central Coastand Sunshine Coast of Queensland. Peta was fortunate enough togrow up in both Meanjin (Brisbane); Eora Country (Sydney) whereshe has grown inspiration from for her artwork. Peta is currently located on Tharawal Country (Campbelltown NSW).

Artwork Title – Grounded
This artwork depicts a collective of leadersgathering and making informed decisions for our communities and ways forward for better futures for our people.

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Latrell Mitchell

Latrell Mitchell

Latrell Mitchell is one of the most recognisable names in Australian sport — a proud Biripi man who also has strong tribal connections to the Wiradjuri and Gumbaynggirr nations, a two-time NRL Premiership winner, long-time State of Origin representative and made over 10 appearances for his country. But beyond the jersey, he is an emerging leader with a growing influence beyond the field. This sporting superstar brings a rare combination of lived experience, resilience, and commercial awareness. He’s been at the top, taken the hits, and come back stronger.
Jody Broun

Jody Broun

Jody Broun is an Yindjibarndi woman from the Pilbara in Western Australia, who has maintained strong connections to country, community and culture throughout her life. Jody is passionate about social justice, community led co-design, and making a difference through changing the way government does business with Aboriginal communities and stakeholders. In February 2022, Jody was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Indigenous Australians Agency. Previously Jody was Chief Executive of the Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO). Following the inclusion of the AHO in the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE), Jody then led work across the Department on Aboriginal Strategy, Our Place On Country, as Group Deputy Secretary Aboriginal Strategy and Outcomes. Over the past 30 years Jody has held various senior positions in the government and not-for-profit sectors including: Executive Director Aboriginal Housing and Infrastructure in WA; Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment in WA; Director General Department of Aboriginal Affairs in NSW; and Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First People and Director of NSW and ACT for Australian Red Cross. Jody has been responsible for delivering community and state wide policy and programs, developing and contributing to national policy reforms, and negotiating national and state government agreements. She has a breadth of experience across housing, health, education, justice, land and culture.
Thomas Mayo

Thomas Mayo

Thomas Mayo is a Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander author who was born and raised in Darwin. After working on the wharves in Darwin and Sydney, he took on leadership roles within the Maritime Union of Australia. Thomas Mayo was elected as an Assistant National Secretary in 2023. As a signatory to the Uluru Statement from the Heart in 2017, he has been instrumental in driving the national campaign for Constitutional Recognition of Australia’s First Nations peoples ever since. Thomas Mayo's books discuss First Nations people’s struggle for justice, recognition and equity. In 2024, ‘The Voice to Parliament Handbook’, written by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien, was named the Book of the Year as well as Social Impact Book of the Year and Non-Fiction Book of the Year of the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs).
Sheryl Hedges

Sheryl Hedges

Assistant Secretary Sheryl Hedges is a trailblazing senior executive serving as the head of the First Nations Water Branch within the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. As a proud Walbanga/Walbunja woman, Sheryl brings a unique perspective, unparalleled dedication, and a wealth of experience to her role as a leader and advocate for First Nations communities. Sheryl started her journey as a dedicated public servant with a distinguished career in law enforcement. Prior to her current role, she served as a Detective Sergeant in the Australian Federal Police, where her tenacity, intellect, and commitment to justice earned her recognition and respect among her peers. Her unwavering determination to make a difference led her to additionally serve her country as a Captain in the Australian Army Reserve, where she demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and a deep sense of duty. Sheryl is actively engaged in shaping policies and initiatives aimed at improving better outcomes for First Nations peoples with a specific focus on creating improved water access, management, and ownership for First Nations individuals in the Murray-Darling Basin and throughout Australia. In addition to her impressive career, Sheryl is a die hard Sydney Swans loyalist, a Eurovision Song Contest tragic, and an avid supporter of education and mentorship programs, inspiring the next generation to pursue their dreams and make a difference in their communities. Her legacy is not just in the policies she shapes or the positions she holds but in the lives she positively influences every day.
Muriel Bamblett

Muriel Bamblett

Aunty Muriel Bamblett is a proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung, Boon Wurrung Elder. As CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) since 1999, Aunty Muriel has advocated and advanced the interests of Aboriginal children and families, and has embedded culture in everything VACCA does to build resilience, self esteem, connection and belonging. Aunty Muriel has expanded the breadth and depth of services for Aboriginal children and young people in need. The organisation has grown significantly since 1999 with over 1000 employees and over 80 programs and is the leading one of its type in Australia. Under Aunty Muriel’s leadership, VACCA has advocated strongly for the right of Aboriginal children to be raised in his/her own culture and the importance and value of family, extended family, kinship networks, culture and community in raising or ‘growing up’ Aboriginal children. Aunty Muriel’s impactful leadership has led to significant policy and legislative reforms. She has lobbied successfully for major changes to Victorian laws so that it now includes - recognition of connection to culture and community as critical for the best interests of Aboriginal children; decision making processes for Aboriginal children which include self-determination and the Aboriginal child placement principle; and the requirement for cultural support plans for Aboriginal children in out-of-home care. Aunty Muriel pushed for the culmination of the Section 18 Aboriginal Children in Aboriginal Care Program, which enables the Principal Officer of VACCA (CEO) to perform functions and powers of the Secretary for authorised children. It is due to Aunty Muriel’s drive that Aboriginal Children in Aboriginal Care (Nugel) has been such a success and is the first time in Australia that State power has been transferred back to the Aboriginal community. As the child’s ‘Aboriginal guardian’ Aunty Muriel is involved with the child and makes sure they are connected to their culture, community and country, that they have strong Aboriginal role models, that they are proud and strong in their Aboriginal identity and that they know their family, their parents, their siblings and their kin, as culture starts with family, community and connection. Aunty Muriel is a strong advocate for voice for her community and never sways in her commitment to improve outcomes for children and families. As Chairperson of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC), the peak Australian agency for Indigenous child and family services, she has championed new approaches to federal engagement in the Aboriginal children’s agenda and supported Aboriginal communities across the country to develop and deliver innovative and effective child and family support policies and programs. Under her visionary leadership more and more Aboriginal communities picked up the challenging task of trying to ensure that their children and grandchildren were able to grow up safe, proud, confident Aboriginal people. Aunty Muriel is actively involved on numerous State and National committees including the:
  • Coalition of Peaks Joint Council on Closing the Gap,
  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Safety Committee,
  • Aboriginal Justice Forum,
  • Aboriginal Children’s Forum
  • Elders Voice Standing Group for the First Nations Treaty Assembly
  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family and Sexual Violence Advisory Group
  • Aboriginal Community Elders Service, to name a few.
Recognized for her significant contributions, Aunty Muriel received the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2019 for distinguished service to the Indigenous community in Victoria as an advocate for the self-determination and cultural rights of children. Aunty Muriel has been inducted into the Victorian Indigenous Honour Roll and the Victorian Honour Roll of Women and received the Women’s Electoral Lobby Inaugural Vida Goldstein Award. Academic institutions have also recognised Aunty Muriel’s work. In 2009 La Trobe University’s Faculty of Health Sciences appointed Aunty Muriel as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Work and Social Policy. In 2017 the University of Sydney awarded Aunty Muriel the Doctor of Letters in Social Work, honouring her leadership in Indigenous welfare and affairs. The award recognised her efforts to bring about welfare legislation in Victoria with a fundamental commitment to the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, to their families, community, culture, and identity. Aunty Muriel is an inspiring person, truly committed to the welfare of Aboriginal people. Through her tireless efforts, she is shaping a brighter future for Aboriginal families in Victoria, inspiring the next generation of proud, strong leaders to continue the legacy of advocacy and empowerment.
Selena Uibo

Selena Uibo

Selena Uibo is the Member for the Arnhem Electorate in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Selena was born and bred in the Territory. Her mother is Nunggubuyu from Numbulwar and Wanindilyakwa from Groote Eylandt, and her father is a second-generation Australian of Estonian and South African origin, born in Sydney. Selena speaks English, Kriol and some of the Wubuy language of Numbulwar. Selena studied a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, where she graduated as Valedictorian in 2010 before commencing her teaching career in the NT. In 2013, Selena was awarded a Commonwealth Bank Foundation Award for teaching financial literacy to her secondary students in Numbulwar. During her time as a teacher, she also received the NT Award for Excellence in Teaching and facilitated 14 school excursions in her four years at Numbulwar. Selena’s family have a long history in education; both her parents and her only sibling have been teachers. Selena’s parents taught in Batchelor and throughout Northern Territory remote communities. When Selena is not out and about travelling for work she spends her time at home in Katherine with her husband Corey and their two kids Radiance and Phoenix who all enjoy camping, fishing and swimming.
June Mills

June Mills

June Mills is a well-known Darwin identity –a traditional owner of Larrakia land, the country on which Darwin is built and the surrounding area. June’s art and music have always reflected the environment in which she lives, the people, landscape and the stories of her country. She sings about love and loss, the connections between people, between country, and the importance of belonging- themes that are universal. Art and Workshops June is an accomplished artist who is known for her paintings, limited edition prints and public art projects. She also works actively with youth to inspire creativity while also teaching cultural significance. June facilitates a popular t-shirts and singlet painting workshop program for children of all ages. Family and Music June Mills can play many instruments including: guitar, ukulele, mandolin, piano accordion and the organ. Her musical career started at a very early age. Music and singing was an everyday part of life and the family home was always full of people. June’s parents- David and Kathy Mills- are both accomplished singers/songwriters and musicians, recognised by their induction into the hall of fame at the 2005 NT Indigenous Music Awards. Mills Sister Group For many years June was a member of the famous Mills Sisters Group, often giving support performances for famous acts like Harry Secombe, Charlie Pride and Tina Turner. June on guitar, Ali on ukulele, Barbara on tambourine and shakers, Violet on Tbox (bush bass) and Robin Forscutt on lead guitar. Music recording June Mills Music “I’ll be the one” (Skinnyfish Music) June Mills’ debut album, reflects a lifetime of performances, song writing, activism and creative endeavours. Recorded at Audrey studios in Melbourne, June had the benefit of backing by some of the best of that city’s session musicians such as Craig Pilkington (Killjoys) on guitar, trumpet and banjo and Stuart Speed on double bass and bass guitar. The album also features nationally and internationally-acclaimed master guitar player Jeff Lang, who has toured with the likes of Bob Dylan, and Ani Di Franco.
Jahdai Vigona

Jahdai Vigona

Jahdai Vigona knows an individual can make a change much bigger than themselves. A proud Tiwi Islands man, he is passionate about improving the lives of Indigenous people. He believes Aboriginal people are best placed to deliver better health outcomes to Aboriginal communities as they understand the services that are needed. He’s at the forefront of delivering health messages and mental health programs that educate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students on how to seek help. Jahdai has been a presenter at government forums, research summits and community events and is well sought-after for his public speaking. He encourages Indigenous people to use their voice, and for those voices to be heard. Currently chair of the 2022 NT Youth Round Table, Jahdai has been recognised with several awards including the 2021 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year and 2022 NT Young Achiever of the Year Award.
Dorrelle Napanangka Anderson

Dorrelle Napanangka Anderson

Dorrelle Anderson is Southern Region Executive Director for Territory Families, an organisation that aims to reduce domestic, family, and sexual violence in the community. The first Aboriginal Australian to hold this position, Dorrelle manages up to 150 staff and a budget of $30 million. Under her leadership, Dorrelle’s team has achieved significant outcomes over the past seven years. She has played a vital role in key reforms, including implementing systems that improve efficiency and accountability, achieving the highest rate of children placed in kinship and family care in the Northern Territory, and establishing offices in remote communities. Known for her strong work ethic and dedication to the people of the Northern Territory, Dorrelle is committed to Aboriginal advancement. Dorrelle’s exceptional leadership, kindness and passion inspires both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Territorians to work together to create stronger family outcomes. Her work contributes to the safety of children and young people, as well as their families and communities.
Richard Fejo

Richard Fejo

Naomi Moran

Naomi Moran

Naomi Moran (She/Her) | Nyangbal, Arakwal and Dunghutti woman | NSW Treaty Commissioner | NSW Government Ms Naomi Moran is a Nyangbal and Arakwal woman from the Bundjalung nation in northern NSW and has direct bloodlines to the Dunghutti nation on the mid-north coast of NSW. Prior to her appointment as Commissioner, she was CEO of Australia’s only independent, printed national Indigenous newspaper, the Koori Mail. Naomi has an an extensive career in Indigenous Media and a strong grassroots connection to communities across NSW. She serves as Co-Chair of First Nations Media Australia - the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media - and serves as a member of the Federal Government's First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group. In 2024, Ms Moran was appointed to the national NAIDOC committee, and has served on the boards of two peak creative arts and performing arts organisations in Northern NSW, NORPA and Arts Northern Rivers. Naomi is a prominent voice in indigenous media and maintains a deep commitment to sharing the stories and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from across the nation. Naomi has worked tirelessly to support and strengthen Indigenous community-controlled sectors through the self-determination of Australia's First Nations people to govern their own affairs and lead and deliver programs, projects and community initiatives by community, for community.
Alistair Beasley

Alistair Beasley

Alistair is a senior executive in the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, he is also the department’s First Nations Champion. He has held senior leadership roles over a number of years across a range of policy and delivery functions in the department. Earlier in his career Alistair worked at the ACCC, in economic consulting, and in a political office. He holds qualifications in economics and philosophy, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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