The 2025 RAP Impact Report shows the growing role of Reconciliation Action Plans in driving change across workplaces, institutions and communities.
Reconciliation Australia CEO Karen Mundine said the reach of the RAP program shows how deeply reconciliation has become embedded in organisational decision-making, investment and day-to-day operations in the 20 years of the RAP program.
‘One in five Australians (5.9 million people) now work or study in an organisation with a RAP and this scale reflects broad social and cultural change across the RAP network,’ she said.
‘At its core, this work is about relationships.
‘The report shows RAP organisations now maintain more than 24,463 partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, strengthening trust and collaboration.
‘RAP network members are also strengthening employment opportunities with 62,197 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in an organisation with a RAP; 681 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on RAP organisation boards, and 598 in executive roles,’ Karen Mundine said.
The report also shows a massive $5.6 billion in goods and services was procured from First Nations-owned businesses.
About RAPs
Built on the pillars of relationships, respect and opportunities, RAPs provide a structured, accountable pathway for sustained action.
They are driving structural change with 65 per cent of organisations reporting changed core internal processes or policies, and 55 per cent changed external-facing services or practices.’
Evidence from the 2024 Workplace RAP Barometer shows RAPs shape employee attitudes, with stronger support for truth-telling and deeper understanding of Australia’s shared history reported among RAP employees compared to the general community.
‘RAPs are not the sole solution to achieving reconciliation, nor can they address the ongoing impacts of colonisation on their own. They are, however, a practical and proven framework for organisations to contribute to lasting change,’ Karen Mundine said.
‘From what began in 2006 with just eight organisations, the Reconciliation Action Plan program has grown into a national movement of more than 3,300 organisations across a wide range of sectors.
‘Twenty years into the RAP program, the message is clear. Reconciliation will not happen by itself. It requires all of us to be All In.’
2025 RAP Impact Report key findings
In the 2024–25 financial year 2,190 RAP organisations reported:
- 1 in 5 Australians now work or study in an organisation with a RAP (5,923,174 people)
- A further 10 million+ people are members of a peak body or sporting club with a RAP
- 62,197 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people employed by an organisation with a RAP
- There are 24,463 partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations
- 65% of organisations changed internal processes or policies
- $5.6 billion worth of goods and services procured from First Nations-owned businesses
