This last week gave us space to pause and reflect on the ongoing work of reconciliation — and how we can continue in more meaningful ways.

We were out and about last week, seeking to enhance our teams understanding of how we can all better support the ambitions of reconciliation – our whole office attended the Bundjil Creation Dance Ceremony at the Wesley Precinct and others joined the Birrarung Cultural Walk and Yarning Circle held on Friday.

We began sharing the Nunga Screening program with our team — a weekly series of First Nations short films, made available to our team through Country Arts SA.

Importantly, at the Planning Institute (PIA) Congress in Darwin, Castiel Hamilton walked on Country with the Larrakia peoples and participated in an Allies Yarn reflecting on her work on the Barongarook Gulidjan Burial Project.

We were also deeply pleased that NRW also saw the approval of a community services centre in Healesville for Oonah Aboriginal Health and Community Services — a project developed through ongoing community collaboration and which will make a real difference to that community (well done Tim Norton).

It’s these opportunities to learn, not just about history and cultures but about the opportunities available to us to do better in our practice, that we love about NRW. The chance to advocate for changes that make a real difference are an added bonus.