AKG has released our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2026 – 2028.
The RAP outlines AKG’s vision for reconciliation and the role that we can play over the next two years to build a stronger role for Indigenous Australians in the nature of the services we deliver and find opportunities to promote and support reconciliation.
This is AKG’s first Innovate RAP; however, it builds on the work of the Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC) and Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group (RAP WG) in place in the MAX Solutions business over the past seven years.
Our approach focuses on creating inclusive, culturally safe environments and strengthening partnerships through our RAP.
Our aim is to ensure:
· our employees are culturally competent
· our Indigenous staff feel culturally safe
· that we are working with and supporting Indigenous businesses, and
· doing all we can to lift the rates of Indigenous employment
Managing Director Darren Hooper said:
“When we talk about reconciliation at AKG, we start from the position of listening. The structures we have built within our business to listen to our Indigenous employees directly inform the way we run our business day-to-day. If we aren’t listening – we cannot hear the perspectives that can help us improve the way we do things.
“As a business, we have learned that successful RAPs are about consistency and building momentum. The work we have done over the last few years has embedded a mindset that can now benefit us as a much larger and more diverse AKG organisation, and I am excited about the work to come through our new Innovate RAP.”
Our experience delivering RAPs has provided us with a sound base and continues to challenge us to do more and to maintain and strengthen the structures we have developed to take forward our first AKG RAP.
These structures ensure AKG has an Indigenous Voice in the design and delivery of our programs as well as the operation of our business.
Eddie Mills, Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Committee, said:
“The journey of reconciliation is a long one as it can only be successful where we all play our part. AKG’s RAP embodies the concept of reconciliation by ensuring that reconciliation, empowerment and recognition sit at the heart of how services are developed and delivered, how policies are put together and implemented, and how we build active and deep connections with Indigenous communities, customers, businesses and partners.
“Over the past 12 months, AKG has empowered its Indigenous staff to have a voice. This voice has seen Indigenous leaders emerge from across the country to develop the RAP and oversee its development and implementation. It has been heartening to see this group come together from all parts of the business to build their confidence and connections with Indigenous staff across the country and I look forward to this continuing and growing over the life of the RAP.”
About our artwork
AKG’s RAP represents a commitment to strengthening relationships with Indigenous peoples across the country.
At the heart of this commitment is “Let Connection Flow” a purposeful artwork by Elaine Chambers-Hegarty, a proud Koa (Guwa), Kuku Yalanji, and Barada Barna woman, graphic designer, and artist.
This artwork was created to speak directly to Indigenous staff and the communities AKG serves.
It reflects key AKG principles of Ability, Knowledge, and Growth, expressed through form, movement, and colour rather than text.
Rather than representing a single Country or Nation, the piece speaks to a constellation of many making up the whole.
It is designed to allow all mob to see themselves within it.
