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Our Journey to Date
Our Reflections
As a RAP Working Group, we appreciate that we are on the same journey as our people - learning as we’re doing. While the education, research, and engagement process has presented complexities, we’ve been fortunate to benefit from the invaluable guidance and mentorship of our external First Nations advisors.
2024
2021
Discussions commenced for the research and planning of WGA’s first Reconciliation Action Plan. WGA launched Impact @WGA – the organisations first formal commitment to its Diversity and Inclusion Strategy including reconciliation. WGA partnered with First Nations Project Management Consultancy Yanun to formalise a placement program. This commenced mid 2021 for a 12 month period .
We welcomed two Aboriginal external advisors to our RAP Working Group, providing unique support and insight. We reviewed and revised our Leave Policy to include provision for lore and cultural leave. We reviewed and revised our Inclusion & Diversity and Workplace Behaviours policies to address race relations and anti-discrimination. We developed cultural awareness guidance to support and deliver ongoing education opportunities across Australia. We developed and shared Welcome to Country and Acknowledgment of Country guidelines with our people to build understanding of the pur- pose and significance behind cultural protocols. We included an Acknowledgment of Country in our presentation templates and displayed an Acknowledgment of Country featuring our RAP artwork in our meeting rooms. We partnered with recruitment partners TRACKS Integrated Services in the NT, to provide opportunities to connect with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates for support service and STEM traineeship roles.
CASSIE - Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country
I feel better equipped to advocate and encourage conversation around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. This will assist me in many aspects of my role in P&C.
2022
• WGA engaged First Nations Agency Ochre Dawn to support in developing WGA’s artwork and RAP design. Artist Sam Gollan was engaged to tell our story through art.
LOUIS - Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country
I walked away with increased empathy and broader appreciation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history.
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2023
• WGA’s inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan was developed in 2022-2023 by three dedicated and passionate advocates for reconciliation, leading up to formal launch in September 2023. • We established Cultural Awareness Sessions with 50% national participation. • We reviewed and revised our recruitment processes to be more inclusive for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates including job advertisements, website career page, data capture and recruiter partnerships. • We launched our Approved Supplier Process, incorporating supplier diversity data capture. • In late 2023 we established Terms of Reference and appointed a formal RAP Working Group, Co-Chaired by members of our Senior Leadership Team, comprised of a diverse cross-section of our people from across WGA.
We launched our Indigenous Engineering Drafting Traineeship program. We implemented and began tracking a dedicated RAP budget.
TEGAN – Kaurna Country
I am going to practice speaking Kaurna for my Acknowledgment of Country instead of using English.
We sought guidance from Reconciliation Australia as we neared completion of our Reflect RAP and were encouraged to progress to an Innovate RAP, based on our achievements. We also consulted Pat Caruso, our graphic designer and cultural advisor, to support RAP development.
We commenced planning for our Innovate RAP.
PHOEBE – Whadjuk Country
The session offered substantial general knowledge, which I believe has provided valuable context and will assist me in addressing Indigenous-related inquiries within my field of work.
2025
We engaged We Create Print Deliver to design and review our Innovate RAP. We launched our Innovate RAP.
INNOVATE - RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN
RAP - JULY 2025 – JULY 2027
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