The proposal involves three components:

First Nations ranger programs

Reverse the Indigenous Ranger Program Expansion measure announced in the 2022-23 Budget. Funding for the existing Indigenous Ranger Program Extension would be made ongoing and tripled. The current program would be separated into three categories of rangers, each receiving the full allocation of existing funding. The three categories are:

• ocean and sea rangers
• river and lakes rangers
• bush and land rangers.

Indigenous Protected Areas

$30 million in funding would be allocated to consultation on new Indigenous Protected Areas and the revival of the Competitive Grant Round on New Indigenous Protected Areas Program (program ceased 30 April 2019). The funding would be distributed equally between Northern Australia and Southern Australia.

Fire and land management practices

Funding for the existing Indigenous Fire and Land Workshops program would be made ongoing and doubled.

All three components in this costing would be indexed to the Consumer Price Index.

The proposal would start on 1 July 2022.