Draft Reconciliation Action Plan

Mount Barker District Council has maintained a close connection to the traditional owners of the land, the Peramangk people. In consideration of past actions and in a spirit of reconciliation Council wishes to formalise its relationship with the traditional owners by developing a Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to be the foundation of moving forward together.

At its core reconciliation is about building respectful relationships between First Nations people and the wider Australian community to enable us to work together to close the gaps, and to achieve a shared sense of fairness and justice.

We cannot think of Australia as reconciled when some continue to experience racism and when there continues to be such profound disparity between First Nations people and the wider Australia community in terms of life expectancy, education and employment, just to name a few.

The RAP will be shared with individuals, agencies and organisations in our District for feedback and information to assist us in addressing these goals. This document is intended to provide inward and outward facing actions for Council to facilitate and pursue that will guide and inform our Reconciliation journey.

The attached Reflect RAP has been prepared to provide a base for engagement and contemplation both internally and externally to Council. The Reflect RAP is intended to have a 12-month duration, which commences when the RAP is formally endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.