At Transport for New South Wales, we are deeply committed to reconciliation.
Transport has a responsibility to help ensure equal opportunity and outcomes for all, and reconciliation starts with acknowledging past injustices and ongoing inequalities. It requires recognising and respecting First Nations people and communities and working for a more equal future.
Aboriginal people are the custodians of the lands we live and work on at Transport. Many of our railways, roads, and waterways follow, and have disrupted, the sacred paths – known as Songlines – used by Aboriginal peoples for thousands of years.
Embedding truth telling and working towards reconciliation will make us a stronger organisation that truly represents the communities and customers we serve, and help us achieve our vision of making NSW a better place to live, work and visit.
Everyone at Transport has role to play; we are one Transport, walking our reconciliation journey together.
Note: This map is based on published map resources and is just one representation of
Aboriginal NSW. It indicates only the general location of larger groupings of people which may include smaller groups such as clans, dialects or individual languages in a group. Boundaries are not intended to be exact.
In 2019, Transport launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), an Innovate-level RAP focused on implementing reconciliation initiatives across four pillars: relationships, respect, opportunities and governance.
We achieved significant progress throughout the two-year plan and have now moved to the next stage of RAP framework (Stretch).
Check out our Innovate RAP report to see how we progressed against our targets.
Our new Stretch RAP 2022-2025 will further embed reconciliation across Transport and empower our people, influence our partners, and build a better future for our NSW communities.
Key priorities in our Stretch RAP include:
Aboriginal staff led the creation of frameworks and strategies that strategically guide our reconciliation efforts across a range of areas, from procurement and employment opportunities to community engagement, cultural learning and arts, cultural heritage and placemaking. These include:
We are also currently developing the following document, which will be aligned to Stretch RAP outcomes:
Take a look how reconciliation looks at Transport.