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The importance of National Reconciliation Week

We would like to acknowledge the Kaurna and Peramangk people, the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which our team members live and work. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.

As we celebrate National Reconciliation Week in a very different way this year, our team reflects on why this week is important to them.

   

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