My name is Peter Mooney. I am a non-Indigenous Australian. I
work for Holman Webb Lawyers, a national law firm with offices in
Gadigal (Sydney), Naarm (Melbourne), Meanjin (Brisbane), and
Tarndanya (Adelaide). In addition to my day-to-day role at the
firm, I lead the firm's Reconciliation Action Plan Working
Group.
As at the date of publishing this article, it is National
Reconciliation Week across Australia. In this article, I reflect on
what reconciliation means to me. I hope this encourages others
within our firm and our firm's network to reflect on what
reconciliation means to them.
Reconciliation
Reconciliation Australia has a very simple definition for
reconciliation, which is broken up into two parts. The first part
is about "strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples...".
My observation is that a lot of people approach reconciliation by
stopping there.
