Reconciliation Action Plan

Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (14:46): Super-quick supplementary, Mr Speaker.

The SPEAKER: Supplementary.

Ms BEDFORD: Very super-quick. What progress has been made on the RAP for Parliament House?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:46): A very important question. As members know, a RAP is a Reconciliation Action Plan. We don't have a Reconciliation Action Plan for Parliament House. I have written to the Joint Parliamentary Service Committee. My understanding is that this is under active consideration. I have made subsequent follow-up suggestions with regard to elements of that RAP they might like to consider.

While I am on my feet, I would like to commend the government agencies that have been working on not only their Reconciliation Action Plans but their Stretch plans and, in some cases, their Innovate plans. I think this is a major step forward. I know that Erma Ranieri is looking at an additional plan that will go right across government as well as the individual plans in departments. I have to say that I have been delighted with the way that individual chief executives and ministers have embraced the concept of making sure that we do have workable, positive Reconciliation Action Plans in place. This being the very start of NAIDOC Week—

Ms Bedford: NAIDOC.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —NAIDOC; you say 'tomahto', I say 'tomayto'—which really is now extending for a full month, it is really important that we do concentrate on these practical ways that we can achieve reconciliation here in South Australia.