NSW STARTTS NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors OPCAT Optional Protocol on the Convention Against Torture PCYC Police Citizens and Youth Clubs PIC PricewaterhouseCoopers Indigenous Consulting Pty Limited, trading as PwC Indigenous Consulting PMC Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Racial Discrimination Under the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, ‘the term “racial discrimination” shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.’5 RAP Reconciliation Action Plan RDA Racial Discrimination Act 1975 SARC Strong and Resilient Communities Activity (DSS) SES Senior Executive Service as defined in the Public Service Act 1999 to provide strategic leadership contributing to an effective and cohesive APS.6 Social cohesion The belief held by citizens of a given nation-state that they share a moral community, which enables them to trust each other.78 SOSOG Senior Officials Settlement Outcomes Group UNDRIP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples VEOHRC Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission Voice Referendum On 14 October 2023, Australians voted in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. The referendum did not pass. 8 WALGA Western Australia Local Government Association We Throughout this document, we may use the word ‘we’ to collectively refer to PIC and its project partner, Jumbunna. 5 UNHCR, Office of the High Commissioner, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Part 1, Article 1.1, accessed 10 October 2023 6 Australian Government | Australian Public Service Commission (2024) Senior Executive Service, accessed 19 February 2024 7 LARSEN, C.A., 2013. The Rise and Fall of Social Cohesion. The Construction and De-construction of Social Trust in the USA, UK, Sweden and Denmark. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 8 Australian Government | National Indigenous Australians Agency (2024) Referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, accessed 19 February 2024