Reconciliation Action Plan
Since launching its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in 2008, SBS has made significant contributions towards reconciliation in Australia, as an organisation with a long and proud history of championing First Nations stories and voices.
As Australia’s dedicated multicultural and Indigenous broadcaster, SBS’s unique ability to bring diverse communities together to acknowledge, reflect, and celebrate First Nations cultures and achievements sits at the heart of the network’s distinctive offering, and underpins its commitment to reconciliation.
During National Reconciliation Week 2022, SBS launched its Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan 2022-2026, outlining its commitment to increasing the prominence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories and perspectives, including delivering more First Nations content in more than 60 languages, across the network.
An Elevate RAP is the highest level within Reconciliation Australia’s RAP framework, for organisations with a proven track record of championing initiatives to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and create societal change, and who are ready to take a leadership position to advance national reconciliation.
In its fifth RAP, and its first Elevate RAP, SBS’s vision for reconciliation is“...for a nation-wide culture of cultures that recognises the languages, knowledges and stories of First Nations peoples are enriching to everyone in a thriving, multicultural Australia”.
SBS is accelerating its reconciliation journey through strengthened commitments involving all parts of the organisation, with a focus on utilising its unique position as Australia’s dedicated Indigenous and multicultural broadcaster to connect the newest Australians with the Custodians of the oldest living culture on Earth.
Among its commitments over four years, SBS will implement activities and initiatives that increase the visibility and presence of First Nations perspectives across SBS’s platforms in multiple languages, every day. These include further embedding Indigenous news and perspectives as part of SBS audio and digital services in more than 60 languages, through SBS’s TV news coverage in English, Arabic and Mandarin, and through landmark programming which amplifies national issues from an Indigenous lens.
Read SBS's Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan June 2022 - June 2026 here.
Read more about SBS's engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities here.