Special Issue in partnership with the Lowitja Institute: centring Indigenous knowledges

This Special Issue of the Medical Journal of Australia is in partnership with the Lowitja Institute, Australia's only national Aboriginal Community Controlled Research Institute. This inaugural partnership publication has been timed to coincide with NAIDOC week — with the theme “Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud and proud” — and recognises and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and excellence in health and medical research. This article is a collaboration between the MJA Editorial Team and the Guest Editors, where we jointly reflect on the thinking and processes behind this Special Issue.