Five enablers to deliver safe water and effective sewage treatment to remote Indigenous communities in Australia

Assoc Prof Nina Lansbury

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Senior Lecturer

Associate Professor Nina Lansbury (also published as Nina Hall) is an environmental public health research and teaching academic at The University of Queensland’s School of Public Health. Her current research at UQ examines environmental health aspects that support the health and wellbeing of remote Indigenous community residents on both mainland Australia and in the Torres Strait in terms of housing, water and sanitation, and women's health. She also investigates the impacts of climate change on human health, and this involved a role as Lead Author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6 WG II). Within the research sector, she was previously a senior research scientist at CSIRO, manager of the Sustainable Water program at The University of Queensland, and senior research consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS. Within the non-government sector, she was previously the director of the Climate Action Network Australia and research coordinator at the Mineral Policy Institute.

Prof Amanda Lee

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Professor of Nutrition

Prof Wendy Hoy

qualifications: PhD, BMMS

contribution: Study conception and design, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Professor

Prof Sandra Creamer

qualifications: B Law

contribution: Critical revision

position: Adjunct Professor

Sandra Creamer is the CEO of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance (NATSIWA) and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the University of Queensland. She is a Wannyi/Kalkadoon woman, an academic and legal officer. Sandra has worked with Indigenous women in Australia and globally, and believes it is important to empower Indigenous women for self-determination, equality on their rights as well as understanding how they can challenge issues that affect their communities. Sandra was awarded an AM in 2019 for her service to Indigenous women.