Kummundoo Program - Grp Captain Iain Carty

2. Scope
• Defence Reconciliation Action Plan
• Air Force Indigenous Strategy
• Indigenous Training Programs
• Youth Development & Resilience
• Kummundoo Program

3. Defence Reconciliation Action
Plan

4. Chief of Defence Force and
Secretary for Defence
‘We will foster genuine
and meaningful
relationships built upon
trust with Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
peoples, including local
communities wherever we
interact with the land, air
and sea.’

5. Our Place Our Skies – Air Force
Indigenous Strategy

6. Chief of Air Force
‘The continent that we serve
through Air Force is the
continent that hosts the worlds
longest continuing culture. It
makes sense that we are
culturally proficient in the ways,
world views and understanding
of this land.’

7. Our Place Our Skies
Strategic Vectors
Cultural
Guidance
SILC, ILO
Community
Engagement
Kummundoo
Recruiting
IPRP
IYTP
Retention
Policy
changes
Cultural
Awareness
Cultural
education
program

8. Indigenous Youth Training
Programs

9. Indigenous Youth Camps
Experiential Programs for participants
to have a snap shot of Air Force life
over 3 days
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Trainers and Mentors
Peers and Community
• Fitness and Wellbeing
• Roles and Careers
• Team work
• Skills

10. Personal
• Individual
Characteristics
• Self Mastery
Family
• Connection
to Kin
• Support
structures
• Maintaining
relationships
Culture
• Language
• Cultural values
• Ceremonies
Traditions
Indigenous Pre-Recruit Program
Individual vs Community Strengths

11. Capability and Cultural
Resilience
People Place Support
Resilience

12. Community Health and Wellbeing
Kummundoo Program

13. Kummundoo Dental Services

14. Kummundoo Program
AF MoU Extension 2020 - 2025
Our future MoU and Exercise capability is expected to expand
to focus on delivering:
• Dental Services
• Environmental Health
• Health Care Specialists
• Youth Health and Wellbeing
• Maintenance and repair of Health Care Clinics, Housing and
infrastructure
• Community Support & Training

15. Thank you