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Artwork Acknowledgement QinetiQ acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Foreword by the Managing Director Custodians of the Australian land and pays its respects to their Elders both past and present. Our Business We acknowledge Reconciliation Australia for their insights and assistance in the development of this Reconciliation Action Plan. What is the Reconciliation Action Plan

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Our Forward Journey The cover artwork, titled Two Ways and group in the Roper River region of East Arnhem Wiradjuri (2019) was painted by Linda Huddleston Land through her father’s people and has cultural Relationships (Nungingi). ties with the Wiradjuri tribe of NSW through her mother’s people from the Talbragar people, Dubbo. This painting depicts Linda’s story as a little girl Respect growing up with her mother’s family in Dubbo, The Roper River Mission was established in NSW and also growing up with her father’s family 1908 and became a focal food and shelter point Opportunities Roper Ngukurr Far North East Arnhem Land. Linda for people within a radius of several hundred describes: “coming from my mother’s family you kilometres whose traditional way of life had only had one mum and dad, then in my father’s been severely disrupted. In 1968 the mission Governance people I had so many mothers and fathers, so I had reverted to Aboriginal control and its name to adjust to so many different ways.” changed to “Ngukurr”. Her grandfather the late Contact Harry Huddleston was a Traditional Owner from Linda is a renowned Aboriginal, born in Katoomba Burrungu, also known as the Ruin City. NSW 1969 and is connected to the language ⟶ Artwork Acknowledgement Continued Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement Linda’s paintings are based on the custodial Foreword by the Managing Director country and the stories associated with it. They depict in the traditional Raark or crosshatch design, Our Business totems and spirits relating to “real life” activities such as hunting, fishing, singing and dancing. These images form the teachings of the ancestors What is the Reconciliation Action Plan on survival and social infrastructure.

Our Reconciliation Action Plan Her grandparents and father were moved from Groote Eylandt after the bombing of Darwin 1941 to Mulgoa, near Warragamba Dam. This was part of Our Partnerships / Current Activities the government’s policy in forcing assimilation of Aboriginal people into mainstream society. RAP Champion Her grandmother Florence Croft was taken as a Our Forward Journey baby from her birthplace in the of Central Australia and adopted into Ngardi way of life. For this reason Linda has a connection to her Relationships Grandmother, Lily Nangala’s dreamings.

Respect During October 2019, QinetiQ employees participated in an Indigenous Art workshop run Opportunities by Linda Huddleston from the Burrunju Aboriginal Corporation in Canberra. The artwork symbolises QinetiQ’s Reconciliation Journey, National Sorry Day Governance and QinetiQ’s head office in Canberra.

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Artwork Acknowledgement I am both pleased and proud that QinetiQ is Foreword by the Managing Director formally commencing its reconciliation journey. This Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) will serve us Our Business to gain a better understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures whilst functioning as a framework to develop a deeper engagement What is the Reconciliation Action Plan with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Our Reconciliation Action Plan Importantly this RAP will enable QinetiQ to define its Our Partnerships / Current Activities vision for reconciliation so that subsequent RAPs are meaningful, sustainable and truly supportive of the community. RAP Champion Through publishing this RAP QinetiQ is affirming Our Forward Journey our commitment towards the Australian Government’s Closing the Gap strategy by: Relationships providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians through direct employment; increasing our engagement of Respect suppliers who employ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and supporting STEM and career Opportunities pathways support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians through outreach programs.

Governance Greg Barsby Managing Director, QinetiQ Pty Ltd Contact Our Business Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement Established in Australia in 2008, QinetiQ is a Our mission is to be the preferred partner for Foreword by the Managing Director program delivery business, partnering with our critical range and test facility management; to customers to provide unbiased advice to solve support mission-critical operations and; to enable real world problems. Our vision is to be the evidence-based decision-making in support of Our Business chosen partner around the world for mission- mission-critical outcomes. critical solutions, innovating for our customers’ What is the Reconciliation Action Plan advantage. Serving customers in the Government Our people make the critical difference to our and Defence sectors, particularly across the customers. We are part of a global company, QinetiQ Group that has delivered significant Our Reconciliation Action Plan land, air, joint and sea domains we leverage our technical expertise, engineering capability and acquisition and sustainment projects in over 10 strong partnerships to manage projects on time, countries and employs more than 6,000 people. Our Partnerships / Current Activities on budget and with confidence. As a business Within Australia we employ some 400 people whose reputation and achievements are centred located in our offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, RAP Champion on our people, we develop and retain exceptional Canberra and Melbourne or co-located with our subject matter experts and world renowned customers across Australia. Our Forward Journey specialists. We are a Part 21 Subpart-J accredited Military Design Organisation under Australia’s QinetiQ maintains a proactive and empowered Defence Aviation Safety Regulations. With our diversity and inclusion (D&I) committee charged Relationships accreditations we can provide authoritative designs with responsibility to embed an inclusive culture and advice, independent of the original equipment and realise improved workforce and supplier Respect manufacturer, enabling objectivity and efficiency diversity. Despite seeking information during in Defence decision-making. We work directly with on-boarding and through regular employee surveys the actual number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Opportunities our defence and industry customers to undertake design engineering and obsolescence management Islander staff employed by QinetiQ is yet to be for major platform Life of Type Extensions. We fully determined. Governance specialise in rapid prototyping and manufacture of sophisticated electro-mechanical systems for Contact trials and experimentation. And, we support niche technology development and local IP creation to improve capability assurance and operational readiness. What is the Reconciliation Action Plan Program? Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement The Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) program to raise awareness and support for your RAP Foreword by the Managing Director is a framework for organisations to realise their inside your organisation. It will also assist you to vision for reconciliation. Through the program, develop a solid RAP governance model and build organisations develop a business plan that the business case for future commitments to Our Business documents what an organisation commits to do to cultural learning, and practising cultural protocols contribute to reconciliation in Australia. considering Aboriginal and Torres Strait What is the Reconciliation Action Plan Islander employment. This RAP will enable QinetiQ to commit to Our Reconciliation Action Plan implementing and measuring practical actions Innovate - that build respectful relationships and create opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait An innovate RAP is for organisations that have Our Partnerships / Current Activities Islander peoples. developed relationships with their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders and are ready RAP Champion There are four different phases within a RAP to develop or implement programs for cultural program which reflect the stage an organisation is learning, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Our Forward Journey at and the current goals the organisation would be employment and supplier diversity. An innovate trying to achieve. This RAP is focused in the reflect RAP will give your organisation the freedom to phase which highlights that QinetiQ is commencing develop and test new and innovative approaches, Relationships its reconciliation journey. and embed the RAP in your organisation.

Respect A description of each RAP phase is detailed below: Stretch -

Opportunities Reflect - A stretch RAP is for organisations ready to challenge themselves by setting targets for the A reflect RAP is for organisations just starting actions outlined in their RAP. A stretch RAP will Governance out on their reconciliation journey and who give your organisation the opportunity to focus on need to build the foundations for relationships, tried and tested strategies and programs and set Contact respect and opportunities. A reflect RAP will clear and measurable targets to deepen its impact. give your organisation the time and opportunity ⟶ What is the Reconciliation Action Plan Program? Continued Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement Elevate - Foreword by the Managing Director An elevate RAP is for organisations with a long, successful history in the RAP program; 2019 Our Business a current stretch RAP and a willingness to significantly invest in reconciliation. Elevate What is the Reconciliation Action Plan RAP organisations are among an elite group Reflect 2021 of leaders driving reconciliation in their sector. Our Reconciliation Action Plan Innovate 2023 Over the forward period QinetiQ sets an ambitious target of achieving an Elevate 2025 Our Partnerships / Current Activities RAP by 2027. Our commitment and drive to Stretch achieve this target is accompanied by strong RAP Champion leadership and mandate. The following figure Elevate 2027 represents a linear progression through the Our Forward Journey reconciliation process, which may not be typical, recognising that each subsequent RAP type will be based on QinetiQ’s achievements Relationships and learnings of the previous RAP.

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Artwork Acknowledgement QinetiQ’s RAP outlines our commitment to Figure 1 – QinetiQ’s Path to Indigenous Participation Foreword by the Managing Director sustainable engagement both within our organisation and with the broader community. Our RAP is comprised of the following key Our Business elements: QinetiQ Reconciliation Action Plan What is the Reconciliation Action Plan 1. Developing Aboriginal and Torres Strait (RAP) Islander education and employment Our Reconciliation Action Plan opportunities; 2. Engaging our people with the local communities in which we operate; and Our Partnerships / Current Activities 3. Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses through procurement RAP Champion and contracting opportunities. Respectful Maximisation of Support to Relationships Opportunities Success Our Forward Journey These foundation elements provide the basis for our organisation to develop targeted actions integral to the creation of the three key pillars; Relationships Respectful Relationships, Maximisation of Opportunities and Support to Success as Respect highlighted in Figure 1. Each of these three pillars has its own strategy and plan of action, Opportunities which together, form part of a measured approach to ensuring that we can be successful Indigenous Participation in maximising engagement and Aboriginal and Governance Torres Strait Islander participation in our business. Contact Our Partnerships/ Current Activities Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement QinetiQ’s reconciliation journey commenced in of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 2015 with the introduction of updated Diversity and cultures including: Acknowledgement of Foreword by the Managing Director Inclusion Policy, emphasising our commitment, Country; Men’s and Women’s Business; Sorry strategies and initiatives to improve diversity Business; Aboriginal Family Structure and Our Business including workplace representation of those roles; Customary Law; appropriate terminology identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and protocols (developed with an Indigenous What is the Reconciliation Action Plan peoples. In 2016, we launched our Procurement Consulting Business) Policy to Support Indigenous Enterprises, and 2. QinetiQ supported several ICT workshops in the subsequently added some dozen approved and Anangu Yankunytjatjara (APY) Our Reconciliation Action Plan sanctioned Indigenous Enterprises to QinetiQ’s Lands for a TAFE SA activity in the last 18 supplier network. In 2017, QinetiQ formally months, with 70% of the equipment supplied Our Partnerships / Current Activities established its Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) by QinetiQ. committee who devised a D&I strategy and of 3. Engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait RAP Champion action plan, which collectively sought to achieve Islander student support organisations within the committee’s mandate to “create an environment several universities including those within where everyone is valued and provided with equal RMIT, Melbourne University and Monash Our Forward Journey opportunity to contribute and succeed”. A pillar University to identify potential candidates for of QinetiQ’s D&I strategy is the development of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander intern Relationships an inclusive work culture, with the creation and placements and graduate positions in 2020. prosecution of a RAP representing a fundamental 4. Analysis of existing supplier arrangements element. In 2018 the Managing Director provided and identification of Supply Nation registered Respect direction to the D&I committee to commence the companies for transitioning supplier reconciliation process and to bring into effect arrangements in 2020/21, with aggregate value Opportunities QinetiQ’s RAP. of approximately $250,000. 5. In 2019 QinetiQ staff and senior leaders took Governance QinetiQ’s reconciliation journey so far has involved: part in a reconciliation workshop facilitated by an Aboriginal Artist at the Burrunja 1. In 2018, introduction of both annual and Aboriginal Gallery. Contact induction mandatory Cultural Awareness 6. In 2019, QinetiQ engaged with Reconciliation training, educating staff about many aspects Australia to benefit from their review and feedback to the draft of this RAP. RAP Champion Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement This RAP was developed by QinetiQ’s D&I committee including Michael Walas, Senior Foreword by the Managing Director Strategy Manager and Jasmin Kastaniotis, supported by Jessica Ciccozzi, General Manager Our Business People & Capability, Clare Little, General Manager Commercial and George McGuire, General Manager What is the Reconciliation Action Plan Operations & Delivery. The champion for implementing QinetiQ’s reflect Our Reconciliation Action Plan RAP will be Michael Walas who will chair the Reconciliation Working Group for this phase, with Our Partnerships / Current Activities the endorsement and support of the Managing Director, Greg Barsby. RAP Champion

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Respect QinetiQ has offices in multiple states in the engagements with firstly the Ngunnawal peoples traditional lands of the Kaurna (Adelaide), Yuggera followed by Woiworung, Kaurna, and Yuggera Opportunities (Brisbane), Ngunnawal (Canberra) and Woiworung peoples. This path will ensure a measured (Melbourne) peoples. QinetiQ is committed to approach to our engagement ensuring a lasting Governance ensuring our reconciliation journey engages with connection between QinetiQ and each of the First all of the Traditional Owners and/or Custodians Peoples of Australia. The intent of this incremental in the locations we operate. Importantly we wish approach is to ensure that our employees take Contact to ensure that these connections are honest and time to consider and learn from each engagement enduring. Our forward journey to reconciliation before proceeding with the forward the journey. will be incremental and will grow through gradual Relationships Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement Developing enduring and meaningful relationships Foreword by the Managing Director with the First Peoples of Australia and communities within which we work is important to QinetiQ. By These relationships will help QinetiQ to further Our Business educate our workforce on the histories, cultures and traditions of our local Aboriginal and Torres What is the Reconciliation Action Plan Strait Islander communities. These engagements and learning transactions will provide a platform Our Reconciliation Action Plan on which our business can build and work towards reconciliation with Australia’s First Peoples. Our Partnerships / Current Activities Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility RAP Champion 1. Establish and - Identify Aboriginal and Torres December 2019 Chair, Reconciliation strengthen Strait Islander stakeholders and Working Group mutually beneficial organisations within our local area or (supported by Chair, Our Forward Journey relationships with sphere of influence. D&I Committee) Aboriginal and - Research best practice and principles December 2019 Chair, Reconciliation Torres Strait Islander Relationships that support partnerships with Working Group stakeholders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations. stakeholders and organisations. Respect 2. Build relationships - Circulate Reconciliation Australia’s May 2020 Reconciliation through celebrating NRW resources and reconciliation Working Group Opportunities National materials to our staff. Reconciliation - RAP Working Group members to 27 May – Reconciliation Week (NRW). Governance participate in an external NRW event. 3 June 2020 Working Group - Encourage and support staff and 27 May – Reconciliation Contact senior leaders to participate in at least 3 June 2020 Working Group one external event to recognise and celebrate NRW. ⟶ Relationships Continued Acknowledgement of Country

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Foreword by the Managing Director Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility 3. Promote - Communicate our commitment to Review Managing Director reconciliation reconciliation to all staff. Effectiveness & All QinetiQ Senior Our Business through our sphere September 2020 Leadership of influence. - Identify external stakeholders that our November 2019 Chair, Reconciliation What is the Reconciliation Action Plan organisation can engage with on our Working Group reconciliation journey. (supported by Chair, D&I Our Reconciliation Action Plan Committee and General Manager, Commercial) - Identify RAP and other like-minded November 2019 Chair, Reconciliation Our Partnerships / Current Activities organisations that we could Working Group approach to collaborate with on our (supported by Chair, RAP Champion reconciliation journey. D&I Committee) 4. Promote positive - Research best practice and policies in January 2020 General Manager, Our Forward Journey race relations areas of race relations and People & Capability through anti- anti-discrimination. discrimination - Conduct a review of HR policies and Relationships strategies procedures to identify existing anti-discrimination provisions, Respect and future needs.

5. Promote both - Develop and implement Review Marketing and Opportunities internally and communications plan for engagement Effectiveness Communications externally QinetiQ’s of stakeholders (internal and external). September 2020 Manager supported by Governance RAP and raise - Publish communiques and releases General Manager, awareness of on QinetiQ’s commitments achieved People & Capability importance of through RAP. Contact reconciliation - Monitor and report on RAP communications plan implementation and effectiveness. Respect Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement Diversity and inclusion is a central to QinetiQ values Foreword by the Managing Director of performance, integrity and collaboration. As initial steps on reconciliation journey, QinetiQ will engage Aboriginal and Torres Islander communities Our Business to develop mutual respect. This will be achieved through embracing their cultures and traditions and What is the Reconciliation Action Plan sharing stories of QinetiQ and its prevailing culture and values. Our Reconciliation Action Plan

Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility Our Partnerships / Current Activities 6. Increase - Develop a business case for increasing December 2019 Learning and understanding, value understanding, value and recognition development Manager, RAP Champion and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People & Capability of Aboriginal and cultures, histories, knowledge and Torres Strait Islander rights within our organisation. Our Forward Journey cultures, histories, - Conduct a review of cultural learning December 2019 Learning and knowledge and needs within our organisation. Development Manager, rights through Relationships People & Capability cultural learning. Respect 7. Demonstrate respect - Develop an understanding of the local December 2019 – Chair, Reconciliation to Aboriginal and Traditional Owners and/or Custodians February 2020 Working Group Torres Strait Islander of the lands and waters within our Opportunities peoples by observing organisation’s operational area. cultural protocols. - Increase staff’s understanding Review Managing Director Governance of the purpose and significance Effectiveness All Senior Leadership behind cultural protocols, including September 2020 Acknowledgement of Country and Contact Welcome to Country protocols. ⟶ Respect Continued Acknowledgement of Country

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Foreword by the Managing Director Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility 8. Build respect for - Raise awareness and share July 2020 Chair, Reconciliation Aboriginal and information amongst our staff about Working Group Our Business Torres Strait Islander the meaning of NAIDOC Week. supported by cultures and histories Marketing and What is the Reconciliation Action Plan by celebrating Communications NAIDOC Week. Manager Our Reconciliation Action Plan - Introduce our staff to NAIDOC Week by July 2020 Reconciliation promoting external events in our local Working Group area. Our Partnerships / Current Activities - RAP Working Group to participate in an First week in Reconciliation external NAIDOC Week event. July 2020 Working Group RAP Champion

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Artwork Acknowledgement QinetiQ commit to continuing to develop and create Foreword by the Managing Director employment and education opportunities for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, particularly in areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics Our Business (STEM) and technical trades applicable to those workshops we manage on behalf of our customers. We will continue to What is the Reconciliation Action Plan expand and more effectively engage our supplier network of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses continually Our Reconciliation Action Plan looking for long term partnership opportunities which serve to support real growth of their capabilities and provide forward growth, confidence and certainty. Our Partnerships / Current Activities

RAP Champion Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility 9. Improve employment - Develop a plan for Aboriginal and November 2019 General Manager, Our Forward Journey outcomes by Torres Strait Islander employment People & Capability increasing Aboriginal within our organisation. and Torres Strait - Build understanding of current November 2019 General Manager, Relationships Islander recruitment, Aboriginal and Torres Strait People & Capability retention and Islander staffing to inform future professional Respect employment and professional development. development opportunities. Opportunities - Allocate intern and graduate position January 2020 General Manager, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People & Capability student commencing 2020. Governance - Engage specialist Recruitment September 2020 General Manager, Company to identify and place People & Capability Contact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander technical staff at QinetiQ workshop facilities ⟶ Opportunities Continued Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility Foreword by the Managing Director 10. Increase Aboriginal - Mature plan for procurement from December 2019 General Manager, and Torres Strait Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commercial Islander supplier owned businesses. Our Business diversity to support - Further Investigate Supply Nation December 2019 General Manager, improved economic membership. Commercial and social outcomes. What is the Reconciliation Action Plan - Attend Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Business Trade Fair in Our Reconciliation Action Plan Melbourne to better understand the opportunities to engage with Indigenous suppliers in our supply Our Partnerships / Current Activities chain. - Engage with Indigenous Defence & Infrastructure Consortium (iDiC) RAP Champion and other connecting organisations to identify opportunities to engage Our Forward Journey Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suppliers. Relationships - Prepare a plan for the competing of February 2020 General Manager, business-wide services that allow Commercial for participation of identified Supply Respect Nation suppliers. - Update Procurement Policy to Support March 2020 General Manager, Opportunities Indigenous Enterprises and review Commercial other related procurement processes and templates to ensure maximum Governance participation of Indigenous suppliers in procurements Contact Governance Acknowledgement of Country

Artwork Acknowledgement Successful implementation of QinetiQ’s RAP relies - National People & Capability Manager, Foreword by the Managing Director on strong, well defined and endorsed governance Annabelle Fields arrangements. The Reconciliation Working Group - Program Manager, Engineering Support Services, Our Business will be immediately established and empowered, Stephen May (proposed Defence Science and a Chair shall be appointed, mandate roles and Technology Group Engineering Support Services Indigenous Participation Plan (IPP) Manager) responsibilities endorsed, and budget allocated. The What is the Reconciliation Action Plan proposed inaugural Reconciliation Working Group Additional members will be sought during the first membership will comprise of the following: Our Reconciliation Action Plan six months through an invitation to the broader QinetiQ workforce. - Reconciliation Working Group Chair, Michael Walas Our Partnerships / Current Activities - General Manager Commercial, The RAP is sponsored by the Managing Director Clare Little who shall report on RAP progress to the Board of RAP Champion - Engineering Centre of Excellence Team Lead, Director’s quarterly. Jasmin Kastaniotis Our Forward Journey

Relationships Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility 11. Establish and - Maintain a RWG to govern Review Chair, Reconciliation maintain an effective RAP implementation effectiveness Working Group Respect RAP Working Group September 2020 (RWG) to drive - Draft a Terms of Reference for January 2019 General Manager, governance of Opportunities the RWG. People & Capability the RAP. - Establish Aboriginal and Torres Strait January 2019 General Manager, Governance Islander representation on the RWG. People & Capability

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Foreword by the Managing Director Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility 12. Provide appropriate - Define resource needs for December 2019 Chair, Reconciliation support for effective RAP implementation. Working Group Our Business implementation of - Engage senior leaders in the delivery of Review Reconciliation RAP commitments. RAP commitments. effectiveness Working Group What is the Reconciliation Action Plan September 2020 - Define appropriate systems and January 2019 Chair, Reconciliation Our Reconciliation Action Plan capability to track, measure and report Working Group (quarterly) on RAP commitments. Our Partnerships / Current Activities 13. Build accountability - Complete and submit the annual RAP 30 September 2020 Chair, Reconciliation and transparency Impact Measurement Questionnaire to Working Group through reporting Reconciliation Australia. RAP Champion RAP achievements, challenges and Our Forward Journey learnings both internally and externally. Relationships 14. Continue our - Register via Reconciliation Australia’s June 2020 Chair, Reconciliation reconciliation journey website to begin developing the next Working Group Respect by developing our phase of our RAP. next RAP. Opportunities

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Michael Walas Senior Manager (D&I Committee member/ Reconciliation Working Group Chair)

Phone: 0423 213 543

Email: [email protected]