PIAC has worked over many years to provide access to justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and to highlight systemic issues that particularly affect First Australian communities, while progressing social change. Consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, PIAC is also committed to consulting, working with and empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to achieve access to justice.
On 23 June 2017 our new RAP was launched by Carol Carter, who is a proud Kamilaroi woman and member of PIAC’s Consumer Advisory Committee on Homelessness, StreetCare. Guests at the launch enjoyed a moving Welcome to Country by Aunty Ali Golding.
PIAC’s RAP outlines our practical vision for reconciliation and empowers every staff member to play a role. We thank Reconciliation Australia and external members of our RAP Working Group for their assistance and support in the development of our RAP.
PIAC Reconciliation Action Plan 2017
PIAC is proud to announce the launch or our first Reconciliation Action Plan. It brings together our existing initiatives and sets out a plan to drive the organisation to find and pursue further opportunities to enhance respectful relationships and opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
PIAC has worked over many years to provide access to justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and to highlight systemic issues that particularly affect First Australian communities, while progressing social change. Consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, PIAC is also committed to consulting, working with and empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to achieve access to justice.
In 2014, PIAC decided to develop a RAP to bring together our existing initiatives at the same time as driving the organisation to find and pursue further opportunities to enhance respectful relationships and opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This move was unanimously supported by our staff and board.
A final draft of PIAC’s RAP was completed in late 2016, with many of its proposed actions already underway.
On 23 June 2017 our new RAP was launched by Carol Carter, who is a proud Kamilaroi woman and member of PIAC’s Consumer Advisory Committee on Homelessness, StreetCare. Guests at the launch enjoyed a moving Welcome to Country by Aunty Ali Golding.
PIAC’s RAP outlines our practical vision for reconciliation and empowers every staff member to play a role. We thank Reconciliation Australia and external members of our RAP Working Group for their assistance and support in the development of our RAP.
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