About the Speaker
Professor Peter Yu
Vice President, First Nations, The Australian National University
Peter is a Yawuru man from Broome in the Kimberley with extensive experience in Indigenous development and advocacy in the Kimberley, at the state, national and international level.
He has been instrumental in the development of many community-based organisations and initiatives that have had an enduring influence on the Kimberley region. He was Executive Director of the Kimberley Land Council during the 1990s and a member of the national leadership team negotiating the Federal Government’s response to the 1992 Mabo High Court judgement on Native Title.
Peter has held various positions in the not-for-profit sector, as a Director on Water Trust Australia, Chair of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA), Chair of the Indigenous Reference Group (IRG) to the Northern Ministerial Council, member of the JANA Sustainability Advisory Council and a member of the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) Statutory Review Independent Expert Panel 2024. He is currently Vice-President (First Nations) at The Australian National University.
