Together for a better Australia
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, live and operate. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Artist: Kakare Hohora
Our Reconciliation Strategy
Our key strategic focus areas include:
- Creating Meaningful Careers:
- We are committed to increasing First Nations employment opportunities within our organisation and the broader IT sector. By partnering with community organisations and fostering career development programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, we aim to empower talent and create pathways for long-term success.
- Building Supplier Diversity:
- We will work to expand our engagement with Aboriginal-owned businesses in Australia, ensuring that our procurement practices contribute to the economic empowerment of Aboriginal communities. Our aim is to strengthen community partnerships with First Nations peoples while enhancing our supplier diversity.
- Celebrating First Nations Cultures:
- Through Aboriginal cultural awareness programs, internal events and collaboration with First Nations leaders, we will foster a deeper understanding of the rich histories and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within our workforce.
- Community Engagement:
- We will work alongside indigenous communities to support initiatives that promote education, empowerment and participation in the digital economy for First Nations Communities, ensuring our efforts align with their aspirations and needs.
Together, we will deliver on building a more inclusive Australia.
Reconciliation is not just a goal - it's a commitment to understanding, respect and unity. At the heart of our vision is a belief that by embracing the truth of our shared history and celebrating the culture of First Nations peoples, we can build a future where every voice is heard, every contribution is valued and every community thrives.
Acknowledging 65,000+ years of culture
Smoking Ceremony is a traditional Aboriginal Australian custom that is often part of a Welcome to Country ceremony. The ceremony involves burning native plants to create smoke, which is believed to cleanse the land and people of bad spirits. It is also a way to acknowledge the traditional ownership of the land and to promote the protection of visitors.
We proudly advance our Reconciliation Strategy through two core initiatives:
Our Reconciliation Strategy Vision: to create a shared national identity that celebrates the knowledge and cultures of First Nations Peoples. Our intention is to strengthen our relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities by advancing opportunities, inclusion and representation across our business and the broader IT sector.
Our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which consists of three stages:
- Reflecting on our impact
- Innovating our way forward
- Stretching to a better future
Throughout 2024, our team delivered on the first stage of our Reconciliation Action Plan - REFLECT.
This focused on deepening our understanding of Reconciliation and reflecting on how our own operations can actively support First Nations peoples and their communities. This initial stage provided valuable insights into the needs and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
We are proud to have made meaningful progress, through actively acknowledging our history, researching best-practice principles, identifying like-minded external stakeholders to collaborate with, raising awareness and sharing information among staff about the meaning of NAIDOC Week, developing a business case for procurement from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned businesses and reviewing cultural learning needs within our organisation – just to name a few.
Throughout 2025 and 2026, we are working to deliver the commitments outlined in the second stage of our Reconciliation Action Plan - INNOVATE. This plan outlines our approach to transforming and modernising our operations to be more inclusive and respectful, with a focus on celebrating First Nations cultural heritage.
Our INNOVATE Reconciliation Action Plan is currently pending approval by Reconciliation Australia and will be published upon approval.
Through partnerships , we all grow
By 2026, we are working to ensure that 6% of our non-inventory supply chain consists of Aboriginal-owned businesses. This initiative supports economic growth and strengthens our community partnerships with First Nations peoples.
Some of the organisations we are supporting include:
Meet Kakare Hohora
The incredible First Nations artist behind our original artwork.
Kakare Hohora is a 25-year-old Gumbaynggirr, Bundjalung and Birpai man from Kempsey, on the Mid North Coast of NSW. He comes from a family of artists and has had a passion for drawing since childhood. He excelled in visual arts at Macleay Valley Vocational College and since finishing school, has continued to develop his art making skills and practice. Kakare creates digital artworks which often depict local sea creatures, bush animals and landscape. He also paints on canvas and is an experienced printmaker and mural artist. His colourful, patterned artwork is often inspired by stories from his childhood and celebrates his strong connection to his family, country and his culture.
Artist Statement
When CT asked me to create an original artwork to celebrate and feature as part of their new Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), a number of things stood out for me that I knew l wanted to represent in the artwork.
CT prides itself on the quality of the people it employs, the services they offer and the connection they have to their customers, so I knew I wanted to represent CT's employees and customers in the artwork.
At the centre of the artwork is a blue ring to represent the heart of CT, and around this there is a ring of light blue 'horse shoe' shapes - these are CT's employee's gathered around the heart of the enterprise, striving for excellence while upholding CT's corporate values.
Surrounding the central 'heart' of CT are some of its many offices or 'gathering places', represented by four purple circular 'hubs', which are connected to core of the business by purple arteries or pathways. Each of the four gathering places is surrounded by dark blue 'horse shoe' shapes - these are CT's customers connecting to staff and services.
Branching out from each of the gathering places are more arteries or pathways leading out into the wider community, symbolic of CT's expansive networks and strong connections across the country.
The background of the artwork features light purple dots, dark purple squiggles and green branches with leaves, which I chose to represent the rich, fertile and interconnected land upon which CT operates.
First Nations Contacts
For employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at CT, contact our Careers Team.
If you are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander business seeking to work with CT, email our Procurement Team.
Our journey is only just beginning.
We’d love you to be part of it.