Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
The City of Stonnington's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2025-2027 outlines Council’s vision, actions and commitment to reconciliation.
Our Reconciliation Action Plan 2025-27 has been developed in consultation with local First Peoples (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) communities and Traditional Custodians, as well as the wider community.
Read the Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2025-2027
About the plan
Our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) is a workplace plan aimed at delivering tangible benefits for First Peoples.
The RAP follows the Reconciliation Australia ‘Innovate’ template, which provides structure surrounding the focus areas of building relationships and respect within the community, providing opportunities for First Peoples employment and governance structures to ensure organisations are kept accountable for achieving their goals.
An Innovate RAP focuses on:
- strengthening relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- piloting strategies for further reconciliation commitments, and
- empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through self-determination, community-led governance and cultural preservation.
Stonnington's RAP journey
In 2024, Council commenced community engagement to inform the development of the RAP 2025–27.
Feedback gathered from the community engagement informed the development of the draft RAP; and review by Reconciliation Australia has further refined and enhanced the RAP 2025–27.
Our RAP 2022–2024 Achievements
This Reconciliation Action Plan is built on the achievements of the RAP 2022–24, Council’s fourth RAP.
Achievements include:
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developing and endorsing the Place Naming Policy incorporating principles for the recognition and use of Traditional Custodian language and dual names
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launching the Reconciliation Protocol
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delivering a presentation on ‘Closing the Gap’ to staff in March 2024 which helped those in attendance to understand inequities still being faced today by Australia's First Peoples communities
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displayed Acknowledgement of Country posters at the entrances of all Council buildings across the municipality
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finalised, redesigned and relaunched the Stonnington Indigenous History teacher and student curriculum materials at the NAIDOC Week Flag Raising ceremony in July 2023 to help advance reconciliation and raise cultural awareness in schools.