Djilba Land Management

30/07/2026

🌱 Restoring Country. Building Resilience. Protecting the Future. 🌱

Over the past few weeks, we’ve completed a three-stage revegetation project designed to create living firebreaks—using nature to help protect Country while restoring biodiversity.

This approach is about far more than planting trees. It’s about rebuilding healthy landscapes, reconnecting habitat, reducing erosion, supporting native wildlife, and creating natural buffers that can help slow the spread of bushfire. Every stage plays a role in bringing balance back to the land.

A thank you to the Karri Karrak Aboriginal Corporation Rangers for their moorditj work, knowledge, and support throughout the project. Working together on Country is how real, lasting outcomes are achieved.

As Aboriginal land managers, we’re proud to combine cultural knowledge with practical land management solutions that strengthen ecosystems while preparing landscapes for future generations.

Healthy Country benefits everyone. 🌿

27/06/2026

Another project complete. Another step forward. 🌱

Today marks a turning point for the Djilba team — finishing another large-scale tree planting project and continuing to build our place in the regenerative space.

This work is about more than putting trees in the ground. It’s about restoring country, creating opportunities, and bringing together our land management skills, practical knowledge and commitment to looking after the places we work on.

From planting and restoration to fabrication and innovation — Djilba is growing. Our workshop is almost ready to open, creating a new base for the next stage of our journey.

Proud of the team, proud of the work, and excited for what’s ahead. 🌿

12/06/2026

"We recently upgraded our thermal equipment ahead of this season and reached out to Ground Force for assistance. We couldn't be happier with the service they provided. The team went above and beyond to ensure everything was set up correctly and operating as it should. Their knowledge, responsiveness, and willingness to help made the whole process easy. We highly recommend Ground Force to anyone looking for quality thermal equipment and outstanding support."

Aaron Williams
Operations Manager
Djilba Land Management
Ground Force International

04/12/2025

Welcome to the Team – Michael Orr, Luna and Gizmo.

We’re proud to welcome Michael and his two highly trained working dogs to the Djilba Land Management team.

These specialty working dogs have undergone extensive training and rigorous testing to ensure they meet the highest standards of ethical animal treatment, welfare, and bait avoidance. Their role is focused on controlled detection and bailing, supporting safe and responsible operations in the field.

We’re proud to have Michael Luna and Gizzy supporting our biosecurity and land management work across the South West.

07/11/2025

We’re honoured to be working alongside our own Moort (family), caring for Country and restoring the balance. 🌿

Dambart Bilya Landcare continues to exceed expectations and set new standards on every site visit. Our goal is simple — to aim higher and do better with every project we deliver. 💪🏽✨

🐦 On Site for Pigeon Control at a Hazardous Facility 🧤☣️

On site today for Djilba Land Management to carry out pigeon control operations.
On completion, we took every precaution — decontaminating all gear, equipment, and PPE to ensure there’s no risk of cyanide contamination.

Safety and environmental care come first on every job. Protecting people, wildlife, and the site is what it’s all about. 💪🌿

16/10/2025

Public Statement – Djilba Land Management

Response to the WA Fi****ms Reform Findings

Djilba Land Management expresses its disappointment in the findings and recommendations of the recent WA Fi****ms Reform review. While the outcome is disappointing, it is not surprising. From the outset, it has been clear that the decision was already made, and this process has served only to legitimise a predetermined outcome rather than genuinely address stakeholder concerns.

Despite repeated assurances of consultation and transparency, the review has failed to consider the legitimate and practical issues raised by those who work daily in land management, pest control, security, and regional operations. The Minister and his team continue to repeat claims of “community safety,” yet every safeguard and control they promote already existed under previous legislation — legislation that failed to prevent criminal misuse in the past and will continue to do so in the future.

Of particular concern is the contradiction between the government’s public messaging and its own laws. Traditional Owners have recognised rights to hunt under the Native Title Act, yet the government now asserts that fi***rm ownership is a “privilege.” Under the Animal Welfare Act, traditional and customary hunting must be carried out humanely — which, in practice, requires the use of a fi***rm. By reframing fi***rm use as a privilege while simultaneously mandating it for lawful cultural purposes, the government risks undermining both its legislative consistency and the rights of First Nations people to practice traditional hunting in accordance with law and culture.

This reform represents another example of over-regulation without meaningful consultation or consideration of consequences. Our governments continue to overreach into the daily lives of ordinary, law-abiding people while congratulating themselves on another “job well done.”

If public safety were truly the goal, attention should have been directed toward enforcing existing laws and addressing criminal misuse rather than punishing compliant fi***rm owners and regional communities that depend on these tools for essential work.

In time, it will become clear that these reforms have done little to improve public safety and much to erode trust, cooperation, and practical outcomes across the State. ****msReformWA

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27/09/2025

Transparency matters.

When we talk about leadership, accountability has to be at the centre. The WA Police Minister was originally listed to appear before the parliamentary inquiry into Labor’s new gun laws, only to be quietly removed from the line-up the day before.

This raises serious questions. If these reforms are sound, why wouldn’t the Minister want to stand by them and answer questions openly?

Our communities — especially those directly impacted by changes to fi***rms legislation — deserve nothing less than clarity and honesty.

We back calls like those from Adam Hort MLA for greater transparency and accountability. Real leadership means fronting up, not stepping aside.

An administrative stuff-up has led to WA Police Minister Reece Whitby being listed to speak at an inquiry into Labor’s gun laws, before being removed from the line-up the day before he was due to present.

14/09/2025

We’re now at the halfway point of the Standing Committee on Legislation’s hearings into WA’s fi***rm laws. So far, the Committee has heard from women’s safety advocates, medical bodies, government departments, and respected Traditional Owners.

Attention has now turned to farming groups and sporting shooters, who are outlining the real-world impacts on food production, invasive species management, and recreational shooting.

The hearings will finish with evidence from the WA Police Commissioner and the Minister for Police, where a constructive approach will be essential to address the flaws in the Act and Regulations.

This stage is critical to ensuring the final outcome is fair, practical, and respectful of both community safety and the needs of those most affected.

Confirmation this week that public hearings in the WA Parliament by the Standing Committee on Legislation will commence from Wednesday 10th of September and run through to until the 22nd of September.

12/09/2025

Djilba Land Management Update

Today, we had the opportunity to give evidence at the Parliamentary Hearing into the 2024 Fi****ms Reform Bill. Alongside other invited Traditional Owners, we shared our lived experiences of how these new laws impact us, our communities, and our cultural practices.

What we made clear is this:
• There has been little to no genuine consultation, not just with Traditional Owners, but also with retailers, clubs, and community members.
• The laws, as they stand, are unfair, overpowering, poorly thought out, and untested.

Despite widespread feedback before and after its drafting, The government continue to push it forward under the banner of “community safety.”

As one of Australia’s greatest legal minds once said – “It’s the vibe!” – and the vibe of this reform is all wrong.

We will keep standing up for fair, balanced, and respectful laws that protect safety without eroding rights or ignoring culture.

Like my old Pop said, “Too many hands pulling the blanket and we going to be in the cold!”

05/09/2025

We’re proud to share that Djilba Land Management has been invited to present before the Standing Committee on Legislation to talk about how recent changes in legislation have impacted our work.

At our core, we are Traditional Owners — caring for Country and restoring balance is the reason we started this business. Over the past few years, we’ve worked hard to grow Djilba into a family-run, Aboriginal-owned business providing cultural and environmental land management across WA.

Being asked to contribute to this important review is a recognition of the role small businesses like ours play in both looking after Country and supporting our local communities. We see this as an opportunity to share our lived experience and to help shape clearer, more practical outcomes for the future.

We’ll continue to keep our community updated as this process moves forward, and we thank everyone who has supported us along the way.

👉 Djilba Land Management