Our Connection to Country
Our Action Plan
Our aspiration is that in implementing the Win Well Strategy, the Australian HP Sport System will come to be characterised by environments and people that are connected to and deliberately include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their cultures, histories and communities.
Our people will have learnt from storytelling, be culturally aware, behave with integrity and be accountable to enhance their Connection to Country.
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We commit to working together, walking together, aspiring together, achieving together.
Yhurwun Gaaur (Strong Heart)
Olympian and First Nations Artist Brad Hore created the Win Well Artwork, Yhurwun Gaaur (Strong Heart) which was launched alongside the Connection to Country Action Plan. The Win Well artwork reflects the industry dedication to supporting high performance athletes and sports to Win Well, achieving success with integrity. It symbolises reconciliation as we honour and recognise our elders past present and emerging it pays homage to those have paved the way before us, creating opportunities for all now and into the future, rooted in our Connection to Country. This artwork illustrates the unity of courage, belonging and pursuits of excellence.
Our mission
A culturally-safe, culturally-connected and culturally inclusive HP Sport environment characterised by:
ACKNOWLEDGE and build meaningful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as custodians of the lands, waters, and seas where the people in that organisation live, train, and compete.
HONOUR the contribution to the organisation and all stages of the journey of its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander athletes, coaches, performance support staff, officials, and administrators, past and present. They will also honour the land where the people in that organisation live, train, and compete.
EDUCATE everyone and build a commitment to better understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to adapt the organisation’s practices and protocols and people’s behaviour to ensure and embed cultural safety for all.
CREATE opportunities and relationships that actively support and promote in culturally appropriate ways the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples at the highest levels of Australian sport as athletes, coaches, performance support staff, officials, administrators, and as senior leaders and decision-makers.
LEAD reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within that sporting organisation and serve as an example to the wider nation of the opportunities that reconciliation offers.