Leaders’ Chat: Illuminate Reconciliation & Aboriginal Awareness
A facilitated conversation with cultural educator, artist, and storyteller Rhys Paddick.
No slides. No content dump. Just a space for curiosity, empathy, and open-hearted conversation. We’ll explore what you want to explore: reconciliation, connection, cultural awareness. Whatever questions you’ve been holding, big or small.
Together, we’ll share, reflect, listen, and lean into the experience with warmth, intent, and a touch of cheek.
Bring your questions, your wonderings, and let’s chat.
Keynote: Our Story of Reconciliation
This isn’t your typical reconciliation talk. It’s not about ticking boxes or memorising dates. It’s about real talk, real stories, and remembering what actually matters.
Join Rhys Paddick, as he takes you on a one-hour crash course through the heart of what reconciliation could be… if we stopped trying to make it perfect and started making it real.
Through humour, honesty, and a healthy dose of cultural insight, Rhys unpacks the big stuff – from what it really means to Acknowledge Country, to the ‘Two Worlds’ model of Blackfella and Whitefella ways, and the messy, beautiful space in between. That’s where the good work happens.
He’ll call out the buzzwords, question the comfort zones, and invite you to leave behind performative actions and step into something deeper: authenticity. And yes, we’ll talk about fear. Because it’s there, whether we name it or not. But once we do, we can move through it
By the end, you’ll walk away clearer, more grounded, and ready to take action – not because a policy told you to, but because something in you got sparked.
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