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The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, water and community.

First Innovate RAP

Reconciliation Australia commends the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations on the formal endorsement of its inaugural Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

#TeamDEWR’s Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) represents our commitment to transformational change and reconciliation.

We are pleased to support the department’s Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan December 2025 – December 2027.

Our vision for a reconciled Australia is for workplaces and communities where First Nations peoples have autonomy, choice and prosperity through meaningful employment, career progression and socio-economic empowerment.

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) is a federal government department. We operate under the Fair Work Act 2009, which establishes Australia’s minimum employment standards to ensure safe, secure and fair work conditions.

This is our first Reconciliation Action Plan as the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

The Jawun Secondment Program connects skilled staff from government and corporate organisations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to support locally driven projects and deliver socio-economic outcomes.

Living and working on Gadigal Land, a Jawun Executive Visit on my back doorstep in Inner Sydney, was the perfect opportunity to start to understand better, the history of the place I now call home.

Each year, as part of our NAIDOC Week celebrations, we proudly participate in the NAIDOC Week Australian Public Service Touch Football Carnivals held in the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia.