Theme Two | Respect

Deliverables

• Continue to provide Council's Aboriginal Cultural Competency Training Package to all employees.
• Increase awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures by sharing information through four internal communication activities per year.
• Partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to deliver at least four community projects annually that build understanding, value and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and history, including National Sorry Day, Mabo Day, National Reconciliation Week, Coming of the Light and NAIDOC Week events. Explore opportunities to also stream these events online.
• Update the Council website with an Acknowledgement of Country, additional information regarding local community groups, and further information regarding the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history of key Brisbane sites, such as Boundary Street. Provide this information on or near the spaces that the history relates to.
• Ensure an Acknowledgement of Country is included in significant external Council publications where appropriate.
• Develop engagement protocols and educate compliance-based investigation officers to consider Sorry Business to ensure cultural significance has been considered.
• Develop a guide to assist organisations that engage with Council to better understand and implement cultural protocols and distribute this guide to all organisations that receive funding for delivering festivals and events.
• Develop and implement culturally appropriate processes and policies for all Cemeteries' employees regarding burial practices, and potential designated sites for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services.
• Partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to deliver at least three NAIDOC events annually, including the Lord Mayor's NAIDOC Week Civic Reception.
• Promote NAIDOC events on Council's website and through social media channels.
• Promote NAIDOC events through the Lord Mayor's Youth Advisory Council to ensure young people at more than 50 schools have opportunities to participate.
• Provide opportunities through library programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to share stories, art, culture, truth-telling and language, including the engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and the promotion of First Nations reading lists to commemorate significant dates.
• Promote respect and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures by displaying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to share stories, art, culture and language.
• Provide opportunities annually through Council-support art programs and festivals for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to share stories, art, culture, and language.
• Increase the number of images in Council documents and webpages to be representative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
• Invite Traditional Custodian groups to explore the possibility of providing advice on the Aboriginal cultural significance and history of major parks and suburbs. Ensure this information is also available on Council's website.
• Review and publicise cultural history trails and tours.
• Review public artworks and information in Brisbane City Hall, King George Square and the CBD so that future works strengthen acknowledgement of Brisbane's Aboriginal cultural history.
• In partnership with Traditional Custodian groups, develop an understanding of the location of culturally significant trees, waterways, natural sites and bushland, and establish culturally appropriate management protocols and procedures for these.
• Identify opportunities to continue planting traditional plants and trees and promote their uses throughout local parks.