Attorney-General’s Department Reconciliation Action Plan

As a portfolio, we are proud to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first Australians.

Our reconciliation vision is to work together with First Nations people to build a just, secure and resilient Australia. An Australia where all people have access to the rights and protections of the rule of law.

For us, this means proactively building relationships and consulting with Indigenous stakeholders. We seek to engage early. We come to listen. We come to learn.

Our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)  represents our ongoing dedication to:

• fostering respectful relationships
• addressing disadvantage through targeted actions
• cultivating a workplace culture that creates a lasting, positive impact within the department.

Key actions under our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2025–27

Our current RAP focuses on the following key actions:

1. Establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with First Nations stakeholders and organisations.
2. Build relationships through celebrating National Reconciliation Week (NRW).
3. Promote Reconciliation through our sphere of influence.
4. Promote positive race relations through anti-discrimination strategies and awareness-raising activities.
5. Understand, value and recognise First Nations cultures, histories, knowledge and rights through cultural learning.
6. Demonstrate respect to First Nations peoples by observing cultural protocols.
7. Build respect for First Nations cultures and histories by celebrating NAIDOC Week.
8. Create meaningful location-specific signifiers of our commitment to Reconciliation.
9. Display signifiers of our commitment to Reconciliation to increase sense of cultural awareness and safety for First Nations people.
10. Improve employment outcomes by increasing First Nations representation and improving First Nations recruitment, retention, and professional development efforts.
11. Increase First Nations supplier diversity to support improved economic and social outcomes.
12. Embed consideration of Reconciliation and Closing the Gap goals into departmental processes.
13. Provide support to First Nations peoples and organisations through our pro bono work and cultural immersion secondments.
14. Further integrate First Nations voices into key departmental deliberative and decision-making bodies.
15. Establish and maintain an effective RAP Working Group (RAP WG) to drive governance of the RAP.
16. Provide appropriate support for effective implementation of RAP commitments.
17. Build accountability and transparency through reporting RAP achievements, challenges and learnings both internally and externally.
18. Continue our Reconciliation journey by developing our next RAP.