Open Access Australasia acknowledges First Nations peoples as the traditional custodians of the unceded lands now known as Australia. We pay our respect to Elders past and present, honour their enduring connection to land, waters, community, culture, and knowledge that spans over 2000 generations. We extend this respect to all Indigenous peoples across the region.

Open Access Australasia recognises the Yirrganydji, Djabugay and Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Peoples in Gimuy (Cairns) on whose lands we work and live. UNSW – our host institution- is located on the traditional lands of the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples of the Eora Nation in Kensington, Sydney.

Ko te mihi ki ngā mana whenua o ngā rohe, e tū nei tātou. We also acknowledge and honour the mana and whakapapa of tangata whenua throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. As a trans-Tasman organisation, OAA is committed to upholding our responsibilities to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We are dedicated to learning from, and working alongside, Indigenous communities to ensure our work reflects the principles of tino rangatiratanga and Indigenous Data Sovereignty, as defined by the communities themselves.

Open Access Australasia (OAA) is the leading open scholarship advocacy organisation in Australasia. We advocate for innovative change in scholarly communication. Our mission is to make publicly funded Australasian research open, FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) and CARE (Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, and Ethics). OAA is committed to upholding the principles of Indigenous Data Sovereignty (see Maiam Nayri Wingara and Te Mana Raraunga) as defined by Indigenous communities. The group works with relevant regional and global initiatives and our membership includes 33 universities across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Six other organisations committed to open scholarship in the region are also members. Together we form a powerful collective working together for open scholarship!