On Thursday 30 November 2023, Ricky Archer started the role as the Director of National Parks. Before that, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance.
For many years, he worked as a ranger and in conservation and leadership positions. He has qualifications in conservation and land management, social science, and management.
Ricky is a Djungan man from the Western Tablelands region of North Queensland with high levels of cultural competency. He has a great deal of experience and understanding of the issues around joint management of parks, land, and sea management. He has also managed relationships between First Nations people, the conservation sector, and community.
Ricky has experience in working with government through his roles on a range of Commonwealth committees, including the:
- Indigenous Advisory Committee
- National Landcare Advisory Committee
- his contribution to the Samuel review – the independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.