Innovate
Reconciliation Action Plan
2024–26
Acknowledgements
In the spirit of reconciliation, the Treasury acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community.
We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Artwork acknowledgement
During NAIDOC Week 2018, Treasury employees participated in an Indigenous Art workshop run by Linda Huddleston and Lyn Talbot from the Burrunju Aboriginal Corporation in Canberra.
The artwork symbolises the Treasury’s Reconciliation Journey, National Sorry Day and Treasury’s head office in Canberra.
The illustrations throughout this website were generated from this artwork.
Treasury’s vision for reconciliation
Our vision is for an Australia that embraces the unique places, cultures and histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their contribution to our social and economic wellbeing.
We will continue to achieve this through deepening our understanding within Treasury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and by broadening our engagement with other government departments, the private sector and community.
In Treasury we will encourage the reconciliation journeys of our people, value and acknowledge the contributions of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and embed principles that value inclusion, diversity and respect.
Reconciliation Australia CEO Statement
Reconciliation Australia commends the Treasury on the formal endorsement of its third Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
Since 2006, RAPs have provided a framework for organisations to leverage their structures and diverse spheres of influence to support the national reconciliation movement.
With close to 3 million people now either working or studying in an organisation with a RAP, the program’s potential for impact is greater than ever. The Department of the Treasury continues to be part of a strong network of more than 3,000 corporate, government, and not-for-profit organisations that have taken goodwill and transformed it into action.
The four RAP types – Reflect, Innovate, Stretch and Elevate – allow RAP partners to continuously strengthen reconciliation commitments and constantly strive to apply learnings in new ways.
An Innovate RAP is a crucial and rewarding period in an organisation’s reconciliation journey. It is a time to build the strong foundations and relationships that ensure sustainable, thoughtful, and impactful RAP outcomes into the future.
An integral part of building these foundations is reflecting on and cataloguing the successes and challenges of previous RAPs. Learnings gained through effort and innovation are invaluable resources that the Department of the Treasury will continuously draw upon to create RAP commitments rooted in experience and maturity.
These learnings extend to Department of the Treasury using the lens of reconciliation to better understand its core business, sphere of influence, and diverse community of staff and stakeholders.
The RAP program’s emphasis on relationships, respect, and opportunities gives organisations a framework from which to foster connections with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples rooted in mutual collaboration and trust.
This Innovate RAP is an opportunity for Department of the Treasury to strengthen these relationships, gain crucial experience, and nurture connections that will become the lifeblood of its future RAP commitments. By enabling and empowering staff to contribute to this process, the Department of the Treasury will ensure shared and cooperative success in the long‑term.
Gaining experience and reflecting on pertinent learnings will ensure the sustainability of Department of the Treasury’s future RAPs and reconciliation initiatives, providing meaningful impact toward Australia’s reconciliation journey.
Congratulations Department of The Treasury on your third Innovate RAP and I look forward to following your ongoing reconciliation journey.
Karen Mundine
Chief Executive Officer
Reconciliation Australia
Message from the Secretary
I am proud to present Treasury’s ‘Innovate’ Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2024–26, as an opportunity to deepen Treasury’s sphere of influence and further embed reconciliation in our work. This plan celebrates our partnerships, inclusive principles and further builds on our commitment to reconciliation. Through this plan we strive to embed and grow appreciation of the way First Nations people are valued and understood within our workforce, the Australian community and the work we do.
To achieve our vision for reconciliation, we are strengthening our relationships with First Nations stakeholders, actively engaging in policy to strengthen First Nations economic outcomes and influencing our stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes for all First Nations people. Our plan supports a cultural shift to have First Nations considerations present in our everyday work, building economic self‑determination and prosperity for First Nations people.
We have gained momentum as a result of past RAP initiatives, but there is more work to do.
Our successes so far include celebrations of NAIDOC Week, recognition and participation in National Reconciliation Week events, involvement in the Jawun secondment program and progress of policy to improve First Nations economic outcomes. Working together on this RAP, building on our earlier achievements, will create an environment in which our reconciliation actions can flourish.
Recognising the contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is fundamental to reconciliation. I encourage everyone to discover and embrace the actions that we, as individuals, teams, and a department, can contribute to meaningful change. Each of us can play our part by building and maintaining respectful relationships with First Nations people and stakeholders, listening and working to understand First Nations perspectives and factoring these into our policy advice to the government.
This Treasury RAP exists due to the hard work, dedication and leadership of our RAP Committee, its working groups, Treasury’s Indigenous Employee Network and our Indigenous Champion, Deputy Secretary Sam Reinhardt. They have made an enduring contribution to reconciliation in Treasury that will benefit all staff, stakeholders and future policy outcomes.
By working together to implement this RAP, we strengthen our commitment to reconciliation with First Nations people and work to embed First Nations perspectives in all that we do.
Steven Kennedy
Treasury Secretary
Message from the Indigenous Champion
As Treasury’s Indigenous Champion and Deputy Secretary of Fiscal Group, I am proud of the progress achieved in Treasury’s reconciliation journey and the delivery of our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2024–26. Extending economic opportunities to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is a core objective of Treasury, and we strive to create a safe and inclusive workplace for our First Nations staff and embed consideration of First Nations issues in our advice to government.
This 2‑year plan reiterates our commitment to reconciliation. This is Treasury’s third Innovate RAP, and we are well equipped to achieve the goals in our RAP. We will leverage past experience to meet ambitious ‘Stretch’ deliverables to progress to the next RAP level.
Our vision for this plan is to develop, maintain and strengthen our relationships with First Nations communities, staff and stakeholders to ensure First Nations considerations are incorporated in our workplace and fiscal policy. We embed our cultural awareness in our relationships with other government agencies and stakeholders and share our knowledge to enhance consideration of culture when developing policy and advice.
The plan will support Treasury to deliver on our responsibility to nurture a culturally capable workforce that celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and their continuing connection to land, sea and waterways.
We actively ensure Treasury is an inclusive workforce where First Nations staff are free from discrimination and contribute to policy discussions that affect them most. We also engage with our First Nations staff to deliver tangible achievements within our department, marking significant anniversaries and offering cultural learning opportunities for Treasury staff, making us an employer of choice.
This is an exciting time in our reconciliation journey. The Treasury community, including Treasury Executives, the Reconciliation Action Plan Committee and the Indigenous Employee Network will advance our commitment to embed reconciliation and inclusive policy.
Sam Reinhardt
Treasury Indigenous Champion
Our purpose
We provide advice to the government and implement policies and programs to achieve strong and sustainable economic and fiscal outcomes for Australians.
Our business
Treasury is the lead economic advisor to the Australian Government.
Treasury provides advice and implements policies and programs, and is currently divided into groups covering fiscal, macroeconomic, markets and revenue policy, international engagement and foreign investment, small business and housing policy, and corporate and legal services. Through these groups we provide advice on the full range of policies developed across government which draws on a whole-of-economy view.
Treasury has unique opportunities to provide advice and analysis to strengthen outcomes and align whole‑of‑government efforts across government which draws on whole‑of‑economy view.
Treasury has unique opportunities to provide advice and analysis to strengthen outcomes and align whole‑of‑government efforts with the government’s objectives, including in progressing the economic development and outcomes for Indigenous Australians. The Budget, the Intergenerational Report and White Papers, such as the 2023 Employment White Paper, are examples of such opportunities.
Successful delivery of our purpose relies on our capable and professional workforce; and Treasury is committed to investing in our people and supporting their wellbeing.
Treasury remains committed to inclusion and diversity, and the breadth of the work undertaken by Treasury means our approach, advice and analysis is strengthened through this commitment.
We believe a diverse and inclusive workforce can harness the unique skills, attributes and backgrounds of all individuals and teams. It fosters a work environment where there is opportunity for everyone to contribute, participate, and achieve their full potential.
Our Inclusion and Diversity Strategy 2023–2028 outlines our commitment to build on what we’ve already achieved, embedding inclusion, and cultivating diversity across Treasury. We will do this as we continue to value, respect and celebrate difference.
As at 31 December 2023 Treasury had a total of 1,504 staff members. Of this 1.2 per cent identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. The challenges faced by Indigenous Australians require Indigenous‑led solutions, so Treasury can ensure this occurs through advice to government, but also in the development of our Indigenous staff, bringing experience to the work we do every day.
Treasury is in Canberra (Ngunnawal), Melbourne (Kulin), Sydney (Gadigal), and Perth (Whadjuk Nyoongar), with staff representatives located in Washington DC, London, Paris, New Delhi, Jakarta, Beijing, Tokyo, and Port Moresby.
The breadth of our presence and the scope of the work we undertake means our stakeholder group is broad and diverse including government entities and departments, regulators, industry and communities.
Through our reconciliation efforts and the frameworks Treasury has developed, we continue to extend our engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, increase our understanding of the challenges and opportunities they face, and align information with Treasury’s purpose achieving strong and sustainable economic and fiscal outcomes for all Australians.
Our Reconciliation Action Plan
Reconciliation is based and measured on 5 dimensions:
- Historical acceptance
- Race relations
- Equity and Equality
- Institutional Integrity, and
- Unity.
The 5 dimensions of reconciliation has guided the development of the Treasury RAP and will guide its implementation. It aims to set out a clear path toward a just, equitable and reconciled Australian community.
The 5 dimensions of Reconciliation are supported by the pillars of relationships, respect, and opportunities, which sit atop a solid foundation of governance and reporting.
Relationships are at the heart of reconciliation. Building relationships between First Nations people and non‑Indigenous Australians is critical to better outcomes for all. Respect enables open‑minded dialogue to occur. This dialogue will enable non‑Indigenous Australians to better understand the ways of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures. Without respect, relationships cannot be built. Opportunities to participate are crucial to the wellbeing of all people. The outcome gaps continue to grow between non‑Indigenous and First Nations people due in part to a lack of participation and inclusion. A strong foundation of governance and reporting will support us throughout implementation of our RAP and beyond.
Our professionalism, judgement and expertise help to achieve our goal of developing effective government policies, programs and regulation that promotes strong and sustainable outcomes.
Treasury’s Innovate RAP seeks to align our continued investment in our staff and our purpose, with reconciliation. It builds on our position as a central agency and extends our reconciliation efforts into our sphere of influence to implement policies and regulation that support Australia’s economy and national interest.
The RAP includes actions to strengthen capability and accountability across the organisation to ensure that a solid cultural understanding sits behind our efforts, interactions and engagements. This will improve our ability to develop policy advice and analysis that is genuinely understanding of First Nations challenges faced and support positive economic and fiscal policy outcomes for First Nations people and the Australian community more broadly.
Treasury has developed frameworks and tools that support this ambition. This includes the establishment of the First Nations Policy Unit (FNPU) in 2023. The FNPU was an outcome of Treasury’s previous RAP and is designed to initiate, sustain, and develop meaningful partnerships with Australian First Nations people.
The FNPU undertakes this through 3 principal streams:
- Support cultural change and reconciliation across Treasury, including through implementation of the RAP.
- Support efficient and effective government expenditure on First Nations issues through dedicated central agency advice and functions.
- Promote economic opportunities for First Nations people to support economic self‑determination. We do this by identifying policies that assist with addressing Indigenous disadvantage and promote opportunities to progress our obligations under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.
The FNPU is an essential step in bridging the gap between reconciliation, culture and corporate activities, and policy development. The RAP also includes other actions to strengthen the way in which Treasury goes about its work and embeds reconciliation into our business-as-usual across the organisation.
To further support reconciliation moving into our business‑as‑usual functions, additional frameworks and tools have been provided, and will continue to be developed. Those tools provide supports to policy development and include guidance on data and data management to support Indigenous data sovereignty, evaluation of policies and First Nations engagement. The First Nations community of practice is a valuable mechanism for sharing these practices.
Treasury recognises that how we use and implement these frameworks in practice will determine our success. Our RAP reflects these frameworks and tools within its Actions and recognises the broader cultural and capability building required to underpin our reconciliation journey.
Our Reconciliation Action Plan committee
The purpose of the Treasury’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) committee is to ensure that the Treasury continues to deliver on its commitments to reconciliation and close the gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the broader community.
The committee manages the overarching governance of the Treasury’s RAP and contributes to the development, implementation and reporting phases of the Treasury’s RAP.
Membership of the committee is voluntary and open to all staff who have an interest in reconciliation as a positive force for change to the Treasury’s culture and work practices.
First Nations experiences, perspectives and voices are essential to reconciliation, and membership is sought from Treasury’s Indigenous Employee Network.
Key committee members are:
- Co-chair (First Nations representative and/or staff representative)
- Ex-officio member (SES Indigenous Champion)
- Ex-officio member (Chair of People and Inclusion Committee representative)
- Ex-officio member (Communication subject matter expert)
- Ex-officio member (Director, First Nations Policy Unit, Secretariat)
- Member (Indigenous Employee Network representative)
- Member (Chief People Officer)
- Member (representative from each Group)
- Member (State Office representative(s))
- Member (Assistant Secretary responsible for the First Nations Policy Unit)
Accountabilities
The RAP was developed by a cross‑section of staff from Treasury, including several First Nations staff.
Treasury’s previous RAP was ambitious and while we achieved some important progress, there is an opportunity to build further on the successes already achieved.
To this end, our 2024–26 RAP strengthens Senior Executive Service (SES) staff responsibility for its deliverables and the overarching governance has also been enhanced. This includes increasing the number of SES representatives on the RAP Committee, ensuring all groups are represented, and the advent of group‑level implementation committees.
Treasury wishes to progress from an Innovate RAP to a Stretch RAP from 2027. To realise this ambition, we are working to achieve Stretch targets in areas where Treasury has already successfully achieved the mandatory deliverables at the Innovate level. We have also established our own goals that seek to extend Treasury’s reconciliation efforts externally, for example by leaning into our broader networks both within government and the community to drive more reconciliation‑focused efforts.
Relationships
Treasury seeks to establish and maintain trusted relationships with First Nations stakeholders across all business areas because we understand that this is a pre‑requisite for effectively achieving our purpose as the government’s lead economic adviser.
Without trusted relationships with stakeholders that represent Australians from all backgrounds – including First Nations people – we cannot provide informed and impactful advice that leads to policies and programs that serve the needs of all Australians.
Action 1: Establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander stakeholders as part of the policy development process.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Promote the use of Treasury’s Guide to Effective Engagement with First Nations stakeholders within Treasury, which includes guiding principles for future engagement with First Nations stakeholders and organisations. |
September 2024 |
Assistant Secretary |
Support areas of Treasury to develop and implement their engagement plans to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders and organisations. |
September 2024 |
Assistant Secretary |
Action 2: Build relationships and greater cultural awareness and capacity through celebrating National Reconciliation Week (NRW).
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Circulate Reconciliation Australia’s NRW resources and reconciliation materials to our staff. |
May 2024 |
Indigenous Champion |
Organise one internal all staff NRW event. |
May 2024 |
Co‑chairs |
Register all of Treasury’s NRW events on Reconciliation Australia’s National Reconciliation Week website. |
May 2025 |
RAP Committee |
RAP Committee members to attend at least one external National Reconciliation Week event. |
May 2024 |
RAP Committee |
Encourage and support staff and SES to participate in at least one external event to recognise and celebrate National Reconciliation Week. |
June 2024 |
First Assistant |
Action 3: Promote reconciliation through our sphere of influence.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Develop a communications strategy that will provide planned and ad hoc messaging to the staff on reconciliation activities throughout the year. |
May 2024 |
Co‑chairs |
Collaborate with RAP organisations and the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) to identify ways to advance reconciliation across the Treasury. |
September 2024 |
Co‑chairs |
Maintain the community of practice with Treasury’s portfolio agencies and close departmental partners to share best practice approaches to reconciliation. |
September 2024 |
Co‑chairs |
Action 4: Promote positive race relations through anti‑discrimination strategies.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Review and where needed develop or update Treasury’s people policies and procedures to strengthen anti‑discrimination in consultation with the Indigenous Employee Network. |
March 2025 |
Chief People Officer |
All SES and EL2s to undertake training on how to address and report cases of unacceptable behaviour in the workplace. |
June 2025 |
Deputy Secretaries |
Respect
Treasury employees understand and respect First Nations cultures and practices and bring this understanding to our work and how we engage with our colleagues.
We create opportunities to connect with First Nations communities who are local to where we work and celebrate important cultural events such as NAIDOC Week.
Action 5: Increase understanding, value and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories, knowledge and rights through cultural learning.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Review the APSC Cultural Hub resources to identify tools to support Treasury’s First Nations cultural learning needs. |
July 2024 |
Chief People Officer |
Develop, implement, and communicate cultural learning for Treasury staff in consultation with AIATSIS, NIAA and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees that aligns with the Australian Public Service Commission’s mandatory cultural learning framework. |
September 2025 |
Chief People Officer |
Develop a Treasury ‘First Nations Handbook for Leaders’ to build managers’ capability on cultural matters to complement cultural learning training. |
July 2024 |
Chief People Officer |
Use the Workplace RAP barometer survey to evaluate the impact of the cultural learning to identify future First Nations initiatives. |
March 2025 |
Chief People Officer |
All SES and EL2 staff to undertake the cultural competency training as identified as part of the Enterprise Agreement. |
December 2024 |
Deputy Secretaries |
Increase the number of Treasury staff who undertake the cultural learning per year through encouragement from SES. |
December 2024 |
First Assistant |
Create, publish and maintain the currency of an online catalogue of Treasury Indigenous Artwork holdings, including artwork stories, where provided with artwork, on Treasury intranet for Treasury staff. |
June 2025 |
Chief Finance Officer |
Commission First Nations Artist/s to produce original artwork for use across Treasury products. |
September 2024 |
Assistant Secretary, |
Action 6: Demonstrate respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by observing cultural protocols.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Develop a range of communication activities for use in Treasury to increase our understanding of the purpose and significance of the Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country and its appropriate use in Treasury meetings. |
October 2024 |
Indigenous Champion |
Invite a local Traditional Owner to provide a Welcome to Country or other appropriate cultural protocol at the National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC week significant events and other events as appropriate. |
May 2024 |
Indigenous Champion |
Work with local Aboriginal communities to name some Treasury office meeting rooms in local languages in each Treasury office location. |
December 2024 |
Co‑chairs |
All meeting room video conference devices to display the Acknowledgement of Country upon the device’s screen saver. |
June 2024 |
Chief Information Officer |
Display an Acknowledgment of Country plaque or other appropriate protocols in our tenancies. |
August 2024 |
Chief Finance Officer |
Maintain a list of Traditional Owners/Elders to be invited to deliver a Welcome to Country or other appropriate protocol at all significant events. |
August 2024 |
RAP Committee |
Action 7: Build respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories by celebrating NAIDOC Week.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Review Treasury’s people policies and procedures to remove barriers to staff participating in NAIDOC Week in alignment with Part A of the Enterprise Bargaining process. |
June 2024 |
Chief People Officer |
Support all staff to participate in NAIDOC Week events. |
July 2024 |
Indigenous Champion |
Register Treasury’s event on the NAIDOC Week website. |
June 2024 |
RAP Committee |
Opportunities
The Treasury creates opportunities, promotes financial well-being and enables sustainable growth for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, businesses and industry.
We are committed to facilitating employment opportunities and enabling social and financial participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as well as building the capacity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses.
We are committed to ensuring that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are centrally involved in working together to develop and implement policy.
Action 8: Improve employment outcomes by increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recruitment, retention and professional development.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Use the Australian Public Service Commission’s census results to identify a better understanding of current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staffing to inform future employment and professional development opportunities. |
November 2025 |
Deputy Secretaries |
Engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff on the development of a First Nations recruitment, retention and professional development action activity linked to the Strategic Workforce Plan. |
April – November 2024 |
Chief People Officer |
Implement Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recruitment, retention and professional development actions, as outlined within Treasury’s new Strategic Workforce Plan. |
December 2025 |
Deputy Secretaries |
Review recruitment procedures and policies to remove barriers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in our workplace. |
June 2025 |
Chief People Officer |
Annually advertise job vacancies as Affirmative Measure (Indigenous) employment opportunities to effectively reach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. |
December 2024 |
Chief People Officer |
Increase the percentage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff employed in our workforce from 1 per cent at APS and executive levels and 0 per cent at Senior Executive Service level in line with the government’s target. |
December 2024 |
Deputy Secretaries |
Support the SES 100 program as an opportunity to increase First Nation SES employees. |
March 2025 |
Deputy Secretaries |
People and Organisational Strategy Branch (POSB) to report bi-annually to the People and Inclusion Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recruitment results and staff levels. |
September 2024 |
Chief People Officer |
Continue to recognise and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff achievements in Treasury’s formal rewards and recognition. |
July 2024 |
Deputy Secretaries |
Action 9: Increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander supplier diversity to support improved economic and social outcomes.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Meet the identified procurement targets in line with the Indigenous Procurement Policy. |
Target spend as per whole‑of‑government policy |
Chief Finance Officer |
Renew Supply Nation membership each year. |
July 2024 |
Chief People Officer |
Action 10: Assist in elevating the economic and social well‑being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by embedding the consideration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues and the impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in developing policy advice.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Support areas of Treasury to consider the inclusion of local First Nations perspectives in stakeholder engagement. |
September 2024 |
Assistant Secretary |
Embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander considerations into Commonwealth Government policy development processes. |
September 2024 |
Assistant Secretary |
Draw on skills and capabilities through the Treasury portfolio and the National Agreement First Nations Policy Partnerships to support the development of economic policies to support government activities to decrease the socio‑economic disadvantage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. |
September 2024 |
Assistant Secretary |
Governance and reporting
Action 11: Establish and maintain an effective RAP Committee to drive governance of the RAP.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Maintain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation on the RAP Committee. |
September 2024 |
Indigenous Champion |
Develop a Terms of Reference for the RAP Committee. |
May 2025 |
Co‑chairs RAP Committee |
RAP Committee to meet at least 4 times per year to drive and monitor RAP implementation. |
2024: February, May, August, November |
Co‑chairs |
Ensure there is an induction for all new members of the RAP Committee to enable them to fully meet their obligations. |
July 2024 |
Co‑chairs |
Action 12: Provide appropriate support for effective implementation of RAP commitments.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Define resources needed for RAP implementation. |
July 2024 |
Indigenous Champion |
Engage senior leaders and other staff in the delivery of RAP commitments. |
July 2024 |
Co‑chairs Indigenous Champion |
Define and maintain appropriate systems and capabilities to track, measure and report on RAP commitments. |
August 2024 |
RAP Committee |
Maintain an internal RAP Champion from senior management. |
December 2024 |
Secretary |
Treasury’s First Assistant Secretaries to nominate appropriate members for the RAP Committee to ensure that each division is represented. |
June 2024 |
All First Assistant |
Finalise development of Treasury’s RAP Implementation Plan. |
July 2024 |
RAP Committee |
Division heads to provide progress updates on Divisional RAP efforts to Group Executive Meetings (GEM). |
October 2024 |
Deputy Secretaries |
The RAP Committee to provide updates on the RAP progress to Group Executive Meetings (GEM). |
August 2024 |
Deputy Secretaries |
The RAP Committee to provide bi-annual progress updates on RAP delivery to Treasury’s People and Inclusion Committee. |
August 2024 |
Chair of People and |
Action 13: Build accountability and transparency through reporting RAP achievements, challenges and learnings both internally and externally.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Complete and submit the annual RAP impact measurement questionnaire to Reconciliation Australia. |
September 2024 |
RAP Committee Executive Board |
Report RAP progress to all staff and senior leaders (SES) quarterly. |
September 2024 |
Indigenous Champion |
Participate in Reconciliation Australia’s biennial Workplace RAP barometer. |
May 2024 |
RAP Committee |
Action 14: Continue our reconciliation journey by developing our next RAP.
Deliverable |
Timeline |
Responsible officer |
|---|---|---|
Register Treasury’s next Reconciliation Action Plan on Reconciliation Australia’s website to begin developing our next RAP. |
January 2025 |
Co‑chairs |
Send draft RAP to Reconciliation Australia for review, feedback and endorsement. |
June 2026 |
Co‑chairs |
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