Making the Apology was a significant symbolic milestone in our active engagement and participation in a changed and inclusive emerging Australian identity and nationhood. We are aware that we will not be judged by the actual Apology but how it will change our work as psychologists going forward.
Maintaining momentum following the Apology and making steps to change our work practices and how we engage as psychologists with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, assuring that our awareness translates into attitudes and actions that are characterised by cultural responsiveness and safety, will remain a challenge. With the guidance of IPAG, we are revising and renewing the Reconciliation Action Plan and the APS continues to identify ways to ensure that the APS Apology will translate into positive outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people