Monday July 7, 2025
NAIDOC Week special: Strength, vision, and legacy
In this special NAIDOC Week edition of Work with Purpose, guest host Kate Driver, CEO of IPAA ACT, leads a powerful and heartfelt conversation celebrating the theme of NAIDOC Week 2025: The Next Generation – Strength, Vision, and Legacy.
Kate is joined by two inspiring young First Nations leaders – Luke Stevens, a proud Gimuy Waluburra Yidinji and Kuku-Yalanji man working at the Department of Home Affairs, and Tianie Scott-Knight, a proud Yankunytjatjara, Pitjantjatjara, Anmatyerre, Kamilaroi and Wiradjuri woman and First Nations lead at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
This episode is a tribute to the strength of First Nations peoples and a call to action for deeper understanding, curiosity, and reconciliation within the public sector and beyond.
Key tips:
- Consider cultural identity and the importance of connection to Country when engaging with First Nations in the public sector
- Storytelling, music, and art play an important role in shaping First Nations leadership
- Allies can support First Nations by walking alongside them and genuinely listening to them.
