Our RAP Working Group (RAPWG) is a team of dedicated staff, including our Reconciliation and Indigenous Champions, from diverse areas of the Department, brought together by a drive to improve the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and stakeholders. Our Reconciliation Champion chairs the RAPWG and our Indigenous Champion participates in meetings and sub-group activities. Members of the RAPWG come from all areas across the Department and Divisions are regularly surveyed to ensure that they are fairly represented on the RAPWG. Proudly, our members are represented across the staffing levels, where everyone is invited to participate and contribute to reconciliation outcomes. Members from the Mara Network also participate on the RAPWG, and we actively ensure that the Mara Network are consulted on RAP initiatives, and seek the views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff as key stakeholders. There is an open invitation for all staff to join our RAPWG at any time. The Inclusion and Diversity Team promote this through regular internal communications, and through awareness raising during Reconciliation and NAIDOC Weeks. Love Your Networks Day, held in February each year, is another engaging way where we connect with staff, invoking the enthusiasm and drive of our people to make corporate contributions and to drive positive change and growth in our reconciliation space.
In 2021, our RAPWG is due to formally meet in May, June, July, October and November. Meetings for 2022 and 2023 will be set in January of both years. Members also meet and connect informally through workshops and events.
Reconciliation Champion and RAPWG Chair: Roderick Brazier
Indigenous Champion: Lachlan Colquhoun
RAP Project Team: Amy Callan-Webb, Siobhan Dwyer, Ilona Fegan
Members: Lisa Aitkin, Sally Andrews, Rachael Buckland, Tom Cappie-Wood, Weng Yik Chin-Dahler, Rebel Delboux-Fermor, Craig Durbidge, Tom Gilmartin, Darren Goldie, Leo Gordon, Simon Gordon, Charles Higgins, Kimmi Greenhalgh-Callan, Chantel Johnston, Angela Ian, Sacha Isaac, Susan Jackson, Anindita Kumar, Andrew Lalor, Sia Lipapis, Kristy Lowe, Jacqueline Menager, Aaron Nicholas, Neha Patel, Jacqueline Pomazak, Moana Prescott, Jennifer Ranson, Peter Rush, Rekisha Satour, Grace Shalders, Antoli Shapiro, Dennis Venning, Kim Woodland, Katie Wylie.
From the RAPWG and wider PM&C community we say Dhjan Yimaba – thank you. Thank you for engaging with our Innovate RAP July 2021–June 2023 and supporting PM&C’s continued reconciliation journey.
Thank you
PM&C would like to thank the Members of the RAPWG, including our Reconciliation and Indigenous Champions, who give their time and energy to contribute to reconciliation pathways and outcomes.
Contact the RAPWG
If you have any questions or comments on our RAP, please email us at rap2 [at] pmc.gov.au (rap2[at]pmc[dot]gov[dot]au)