Traditional knowledge

And I had not made that connection before.

So just to explain the predator prey culture, In Norway, I took part in a symposium on indigenous wisdom, indigenous knowledge.

And I spoke about the global ecology of grazing.

And there was a talk there that just had me stunned.

And he said, you know, what we're losing is one of the most curious intelligences on our Earth because these large predators are confident enough to, you know, there's the famous photograph of the Russian submarine surfacing and the polar bear strolling over going, yeah, who the hell are you? What's up? And so he grieves the loss of this confident curiosity.

You know, and we go, okay, okay.

So, back to Norway for a time, but you do take us all over, and the conference that you were at, Indigenous Knowledge, the Practice of Sustainable Existence, and over and over, I think in what you report, a wonderful phrase, that wildlife anchors identity.

And this is so important to the Sami, I'll toss it back to you, and then to our allies, the Gwich'in, in the Arctic, you know, just in Arctic Circle, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, that the Gwich'in call the place where all life begins.

The 2026 NAPLAN results revealed that more than 60% of First Nations children who sat the test in the Northern Territory needed additional support in reading and numeracy.

Charles Darwin University Associate Professor in Indigenous Knowledges, Tracey Rudroff, says the test reflects a system which fails to account for the overlapping forms of discrimination affecting a child's learning journey.

The Warramungu Lurichal woman has told SBS that when the English language is used as a benchmark for intelligence, the system fails to value Indigenous knowledge.

My proposal is that we need systemic change there takes into account different people's culture and language, because the further remote that students live, the less likely it is that English is their first language.