Oliver Costello
Jagun Alliance Aboriginal Corporation

Oliver Costello

Executive Director, Jagun Alliance Aboriginal Corporation.

E: oli@jagunalliance.org.au

Research outputs linked to policy change and decision-making

• 2022: buuban butherun (flood stories) commissioned by the NSW Independent Flood Inquiry for the Northern Rivers
• 2021: Extreme Events Chapter for State of Environment Report
• 2021: Cultural land management in South Eastern Australia – Black Summer final report Current academic employment and positions
• 2021: Valuing research: tools and approaches for assessing and enhancing the benefits from environmental research
• 2020: Submission To the EPBC Act Review. A case for Culturally Significant Species. Indigenous Reference Group of the National Environmental Science Program’s Threatened, Species Recovery Hub (2020)

Current academic employment and positions

• Director, Natural Hazards Research Australia Board
• Cultural Land Management Research and Governance in south-east Australia project
• Cultural advisor and researcher – NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre

Highest qualification

• Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education and Community Management, University of Technology Sydney, 2010

Roles on government or regional organisation committees

• Board Member, National Koala Recovery Plan
• Project Manager, Traditional Knowledge (Conservation Futures) Bush Heritage Australia
• Member, National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) Indigenous Ranger Reference Group
• Vice President, Northern Rivers Fire and Biodiversity Consortium
• Councillor, Biodiversity Council