Cultural capability guide
Following amendments to the Government Sector Employment Act (2013), the Public Service Commission was merged with the Premier's Department from 1 July 2024. This website is now managed and maintained by the Premier's Department.
All employees in the NSW public sector have a responsibility to create inclusive and respectful workplaces. The guide aims to expand your knowledge about cultural capability and inclusivity across the employee lifecycle stages for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public sector employees. Each stage provides practical guidance, insights and resources to support you in shaping an inclusive employee experience for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The guide considers cultural capability and inclusivity within all aspects of the employee lifecycle.
Download a full version of the Cultural Capability GuideAboriginal employment strategy
This guide is a key initiative listed in our Aboriginal Employment Strategy 2022 – 2025 and follows the guiding principles of that strategy. Check out the strategy for further important initiatives and activities.
Racism in the workplace can be distressing for Aboriginal employees. Support services available for Aboriginal employees include:
We would like to express our sincere gratitude and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees and Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peak Organisations for sharing their lived experiences and insights with us to inform and contribute to this guide. The voices of people with lived experience have been key in developing this guide.
We would like to acknowledge the many Aboriginal workforce inclusion practitioners that have paved the way and our Aboriginal Workforce Inclusion Champions Network for sharing their insights and practice to contribute to this guide and ongoing work across the sector.
We acknowledge the University of Technology Sydney Jumbunna Institute for their assistance in the early development of this guide, including by conducting focus group sessions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees and Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peak Organisations.
We acknowledge WIRIIYN Communications & Media for producing videos and images of participants, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait employees in the NSW public sector.
We advise this resource may contain images or names of deceased persons in audio recordings or historical content.
