Vicinity Centres : Innovate RAP - 2024

Innovate

Reconciliation

Action Plan

December 2024 to

December 2026

Vicinity Centres acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. As a business that operates across many locations across the nation, we recognise and respect the cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land, which continue to be important to the Traditional Custodians living today.

CONTENTS
Acknowledging our Contributing Partners	2
Message from our CEO and Managing Director	4
Message from Reconciliation Australia	5
Looking Forward	7
Our Business	8
RAP Vision	9
Progress on our Reconciliation Journey	10
Our RAP Governance	12
Case Studies	14
Elizabeth art project, SA	15
Northland artwork, VIC	16
Follow the Dream program, WA	18
Queens Plaza x Birrunga Gallery	19
National Reconciliation Week and
NAIDOC Week promotions	20
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Business Expo	21
Wilco Electrical, WA	22
SEDA Partnership	24
Relationships	26
Respect	30
Opportunities	32
Governance	34
Contact Details	36

INNOVATE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN

Acknowledging our Contributing Partners

Indigenous Cultural Connections

Vicinity Centres has engaged Seona James, Managing Director of Indigenous Cultural Collections Pty Ltd, to support the ongoing journey of reconciliation within the business. Indigenous Cultural Connections is a 100% Aboriginal owned, female-led company specialising in cultural consulting, advisory and training services. Seona is a member and Co-Chair of Vicinity Centres' RAP Working Group, and has guided the development of this RAP document.

A Yorta Yorta woman from Shepparton in regional Victoria, Seona has dedicated

the last 30 years working across the public and private sector in Indigenous focused roles. The many positions she has held, and her personal impact as a role model, has generated significant social and economic opportunities and led to greater equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses and communities.

Printing with Purpose

The printing and production of this RAP document has been undertaken by Printing with Purpose (PWP). An Aboriginal female-owned and managed printing manufacturing firm, formed as a 100% Aboriginal Social enterprise, PWP's staff have over 30 years combined experience offering printing services for a wide range of print, design and communication media.

Vicinity Centres is proud to partner with PWP, and helps support their mission to provide a wide range of employment and training pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, while offering customers high-quality print services.

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Carbon Creative

Carbon Creative is a First Nations owned and run social change creative agency whose mantra is "we make good for people who want to make change".

Vicinity Centres has entrusted Creative Creative to design and produce this RAP, working with artwork created by Kaanju, Kuku Ya'u, Girramay artist Emma Hollingsworth.

Supply Nation

Supply Nation has a vision of a vibrant and sustainable Indigenous business sector.

It is an Australian leader in supplier diversity, connecting the biggest national database of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses with Australia's leading organisations.

As a member of Supply Nation, Vicinity Centres is engaging with more Indigenous suppliers, helping to build a prosperous Indigenous business sector by procuring from businesses where our spending will have a positive impact.

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Message from

Our CEO and Managing Director

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Message from

Reconciliation Australia

At Vicinity, we believe in celebrating diversity and recognising the achievements and culture of First Nations Australians. We're committed to contributing to reconciliation in Australia in meaningful ways, and since launching our first RAP in 2017, we've progressed reconciliation within our workplace,

our assets across Australia and more broadly with our partners and in the community.

As part of shaping meaningful places where communities connect, it's important we recognise the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work,

and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We continue to build meaningful connections with local First Nations groups, whether it's through hosting Indigenous business expos, supporting local organisations and programs to engage youth, or amplifying Reconciliation Australia's campaigns across our media screens and digital assets.

Coming together to celebrate the culture and heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities around National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week have become important dates in our calendar, both internally and within the community, amplifying these campaigns to thousands of customers daily through our 50+ shopping centres through digital support and with our 1,300 team members as well.

But it's the ways we recognise First Nations peoples, their stories and cultures and support their businesses outside of these dates that matters most. Our local teams support grassroots initiatives and groups, undertake great community activations and build collaborative relationships with local First Nations groups.

Thousands of people visit our centres every day to work, shop, dine and play and I'm proud of our commitment to actively promoting reconciliation and building on our progress in our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2024-2026.

Peter Huddle

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Vicinity Centres

Reconciliation Australia commends Vicinity Centres on the formal endorsement of its third Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Since 2006, RAPs have provided a framework for organisations to leverage their structures and diverse spheres of influence to support the national reconciliation movement.

With close to three million people now either working or studying in an organisation with a RAP, the program's potential for impact is greater than ever. Vicinity Centres continues to be part of a strong network of more

than 3,000 corporate, government, and not-for-profit organisations that have taken goodwill and transformed it into action.

The four RAP types - Reflect, Innovate, Stretch and Elevate - allow RAP partners to continuously strengthen reconciliation commitments and constantly strive to apply learnings in new ways.

An Innovate RAP is a crucial and rewarding period in an organisation's reconciliation journey. It is a time to build the strong foundations and relationships that ensure sustainable, thoughtful, and impactful RAP outcomes into the future.

An integral part of building these foundations is reflecting on and cataloguing the successes and challenges

of previous RAPs. Learnings gained through effort and innovation are invaluable resources that Vicinity Centres will continuously draw upon to create RAP commitments rooted in experience and maturity.

These learnings extend to Vicinity Centres using the lens of reconciliation to better understand its core business, sphere of influence, and diverse community of staff and stakeholders.

The RAP program's emphasis on relationships, respect, and opportunities gives organisations a framework from which to foster connections with Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander peoples rooted in mutual collaboration and trust.

This Innovate RAP is an opportunity for Vicinity Centres to strengthen these relationships, gain crucial experience, and nurture connections that will become the lifeblood of its future RAP commitments. By enabling and empowering staff to contribute to this process, Vicinity Centres will ensure shared and cooperative success in the long-term.

Gaining experience and reflecting on pertinent learnings will ensure the sustainability of Vicinity Centres future RAPs and reconciliation initiatives, providing meaningful impact toward Australia's reconciliation journey.

Congratulations Vicinity Centres on your third Innovate RAP and I look forward to following your ongoing reconciliation journey.

Karen Mundine

Chief Executive Officer

Reconciliation Australia

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LOOKING

FORWARD

This artwork as a whole represents looking forward to the future. The past has been rife with pain and discrimination, but Vicinity Centres will actively take steps to make their centres a place where all feel safe and welcome.

The artwork signifies how Vicinity Centres is a place of community, progression and inclusivity. The large circles in the artwork signify the community and the many shopping centres. These are places that welcome all, no matter who they are. The lines that connect these are journey lines. These signify the journey that Vicinity is on to be a wholly inclusive, progressive and respectful place for First Nations and non-First Nations people alike. It also represents the journey that people make to come into these centres. The 'U' shapes represent the people and how we all come together for a common purpose in these places. The small circles are the trees which represent growth and the land. The curved lines are rainbows which signify hope. The sun symbol represents happiness. The artwork also pays homage to the traditional peoples' lands on which the centres sit and it signifies that the land always

was and always will be Aboriginal land.

The artwork featured in this RAP document has been created by Kaanju, Kuku Ya'u, Girramay artist, Emma Hollingsworth. Her beautiful and intricate work has been incorporated into this and other Vicinity Centres documents, signage and posters in a number of different culturally appropriate ways, reflecting the multiple layers and stories of community, inclusivity and progression the artwork represents.

About the Artist

Emma Hollingsworth is a Kaanju, Kuku Ya'u, Girramay woman who grew up in tropical Far North Queensland. She now operates in Meanjin (Brisbane) out of her home studio. Her work is a reflection of her heritage and her culture, and she uses vibrant colours and designs to pay homage to her youthfulness blending with her ancient culture. Her work tells her own story of a young Indigenous woman growing up and paving a path in

a modern world, and all of the trials and tribulations that go in hand with that.

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Our Business

Vicinity is one of Australia's largest retail-led property groups. We own and manage some of the most well known and loved retail destinations across Australia.

From small community shopping centres to world-class destination centres such as the iconic Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne and Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, our centres have been serving their communities for as long as 60 years.

We are guided by our purpose to shape meaningful places where communities connect.

Our National Office is in Melbourne, Australia, with state offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. We employ approximately 1,300 people across our centres and corporate offices nationwide.

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RAP

VISION

Vicinity's purpose is to shape meaningful places where communities connect. As asset creators and owners, we recognise our role in creating places where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures, traditions and businesses are deeply appreciated, genuinely welcomed and actively encouraged.

Our vision is to prosper with our people and communities by creating Australia's most compelling portfolio of retail-led destinations.

Our vision for reconciliation is an equitable and prosperous future for First Nations peoples in Australia. We aim to create welcoming, inclusive and safe places for First Nations peoples both in our centres and in our workplaces and are committed to making meaningful contributions towards a reconciled Australia.

In this next stage of our reconciliation journey, we will focus on continuing to strengthen our relationships with Traditional Owners in each of our local areas, engaging in meaningful collaboration, raising awareness and empowering our people and those in our community to contribute to reconciliation,

as we all have a part to play.

We seek to learn from the voices of First Nations peoples and to promote education, awareness and relationship building amongst our team members. We use our reach to connect our community with those voices.

Our centres across Australia are places where communities connect, and with our team members, partners, customers and the community, we have an opportunity to acknowledge the culture of First Nations peoples, celebrate their connection to

Country and actively contribute to an equitable and prosperous future for First Nations peoples in Australia. Place making, community impact, diversity and inclusion are material ESG topics for Vicinity and our RAP is an integral part of our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy.

Whether it's learning and sharing unique local stories through art, amplifying the voices of First Nations peoples or creating pathways and programs for the next generation, we look to a future where all Australians respect and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their Elders. Together we will prosper with our people and communities to shape assets that celebrate the shared history and stories of Australia.

Reconciliation Australia's vision of national reconciliation is based on five critical dimensions: race relations, equality and equity, institutional integrity, unity and historical acceptance.

These five dimensions do not exist in isolation; they are interrelated, and we acknowledge that we can only progress towards our goal

of full reconciliation through taking significant steps to advance all five.

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Progress on our Reconciliation Journey

Our reconciliation journey commenced in 2017, launching our first RAP in 2018 (Reflect) and our second and third RAPs (Innovate) in 2019 and 2022 respectively.

We report on our progress at least every six months to our Executive Leadership Team, chaired by our Chief Executive Officer, as well as to our Risk, Compliance and ESG Committee chaired by a member of our Board, and to all team members via our intranet, The Loop.

One of our biggest growth areas is our team members' commitment to and participation in our reconciliation journey. More than 540 team members have built their cultural capability by completing Arrilla training programs (as at 30 June 2024), and delivering meaningful Acknowledgements of Country has become part of our regular agendas.

Through our Innovate RAP, we have been celebrating local cultures and stories, reflected through art collaborations with local artists, including Wiradjuri artist, Karen Lee Mungarrja at Northland and other local artist collaborations at Bayside, Elizabeth, and Warwick Grove.

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Building connections and growing our partnerships

We've built strong connections with Traditional Owners, and planned local reconciliation initiatives, particularly in WA through establishing the WA Aboriginal Advisory Group with the support of Wonnil Partners. We've provided opportunities to connect with culture and spend time

on Country through initiatives such as Follow the Dream programs and Yanchep cultural camps in 2023 and 2024.

Growing our community partnership with SEDA Group, we've facilitated educational outcomes and employment pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary school students. This follows our collective fundraising across twelve participating centres,

with proceeds providing for eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student scholarships.

Supporting Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander employment

In February 2024, we conducted our annual Employee Experience Survey which identified we have six Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander team members.

We recognise the challenges we have in addressing and bridging employment gaps for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to join our business, acknowledging that social change takes time and commitment.

We also recognise the opportunities we have in aspiring to become an employer of choice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander procurement

We exceeded our FY23 and FY24 growing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander procurement targets, building on our relationships with Wilco Electrical, ARA Indigenous Services and Muru Office Supplies. Engaging First Nations businesses for goods and services has a positive social impact and lasting effect on First Nations communities and we look forward to further embedding engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suppliers during tender processes across the business.

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Our RAP Governance

Our RAP Working Group, which has the endorsement and support of our Executive Leadership Team and Board, is championed and co-chaired by Melissa Clarkson, Vicinity's General Manager Sustainability & ESG, and Seona James, Yorta Yorta woman and Managing Director Indigenous Cultural Connections Pty Ltd. The co-chairing structure of our RAP Working Group reflects our inclusive and respectful approach of reconciliation.

Our RAP Working Group is made up of passionate people from across our business who bring diverse perspectives to our reconciliation journey. With representation from People & Organisational Development, Sustainability, Procurement, Communications and importantly,

our assets, the Working Group is well positioned to implement deliverables in a way that is relevant and meaningful. For some members, participation in the Working Group strongly aligns with their roles, skills and expertise. Other members are passionate about reconciliation and are willing to make a difference and champion reconciliation within the business. Both are key to progressing our RAP. We are actively encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander team members to join the Working Group as our reconciliation journey continues.

All team members receive regular updates on our RAP progress through our internal communications channels including our intranet (The Loop) and company Town Halls. We also encourage those in the RAP Working Group and beyond to regularly share learnings and experiences via our RAP social channel on The Loop.

Given the momentum to advance reconciliation in our communities in WA, we started an Aboriginal Advisory Group in WA supported by Wonnil Partners. This pilot initiative has led to more activities undertaken at local centre level and resulted in multiple benefits to local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as well as Vicinity team members.

Throughout the establishment of our WA Aboriginal Advisory Group, we utilised the cultural advisory services of Wonnil Partners, Seona James (Indigenous Cultural Connections Pty Ltd) and Jason Williams (Earth x People Pty Ltd) on our RAP Working Group.

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External Advisors

RAP Working Group Members

Seona James	Aaron Bennett	Adam Hancock	Andrea Shabrokh
Yorta Yorta Nations and Managing Director -	Centre Manager,	Regional Operations	Sustainability
Indigenous Cultural Connections Pty Ltd	Rockingham	Manager, WA	Advisor
- Co-Chairperson

	Darren Stock	Dean Jones	Elizabeth Loads
Jason Williams	Project Director,	National Retail	Head of Business
Wilman Noongar and	Development	Design Manager	Partnering - Corporate
Director Earth x People Pty Ltd

Georgia McDavitt	James Morgan	Jo Riley
Talent and	Sustainability	National Workplace
OD Advisor	Advisor	& Travel Manager

Karen Woo	Kally Zois	Melissa Clarkson
Sustainability Manager	Procurement	General Manager, Sustainability
Community	Manager	& ESG - Co-Chairperson

Nicole Quinlan	Sami Yates
Guest Experience	Corporate Communications
Manager, Northland	Manager

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CASE STUDIES

2024 - 2026

Case Study

ELIZABETH, SA ART PROJECT BY ELIZABETH CLOSE

Incorporating Indigenous stories with practical wayfinding at Elizabeth City Centre

Elizabeth City Centre is proud to present new node banners, which combine Indigenous storytelling with contemporary design elements and iconic landmarks. The overarching goal was to narrate stories and stir memories by fostering a connection with the land and its places. The coloured banners have been updated to reflect the local landmarks and stories

of South Australian regions, marrying Indigenous meanings with modern design.

Collaborations were formed with local artist Elizabeth Close, an Anangu woman from the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Language Groups, and Ryan Turner, a local graphic designer from Malicious Delicious, to bring this vision to life. The first phase involved Elizabeth City Centre crafting four exquisite original artworks, one for each node, while preserving the original colour palette.

An important element to the centre team was to showcase the identity of the regions by both traditional Country name and their commonly known locality.

The result of this collaboration is four exceptional permanent displays which entwine cultural history and pay homage to our diverse local regions.

The artwork represents four regions: the hills of the Barossa Valley (Ngadjuri, Kaurna and Peramangk Country) with gum leaves, native plants and seed pods; the Flinders Ranges (Adnyamathanha Country) with shapes paying homage to the area's raw beauty; shapes referencing the gateway to the Yorke Peninsula (Narungga Country); and Elizabeth (Kaurna) acknowledging the area's industrial local landscape, current and past.The artwork represents four regions: the hills of the Barossa Valley (Ngadjuri, Kaurna and Peramangk Country) with gum leaves, native plants and seed pods; the Flinders Ranges (Adnyamathanha Country) with shapes paying homage to the area's raw beauty; shapes referencing the gateway

to the Yorke Peninsula (Narungga Country); and Elizabeth (Kaurna) acknowledging the area's industrial local landscape, current and past.

Artist bio

Elizabeth Yanyi Close is an Anangu woman from the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Language Groups, whose family links are to the communities of Pukutja and Amata in the APY Lands. Elizabeth was born in Adelaide and grew up in outback SA, so was a natural fit to use her art to share stories from her Country with the community.

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Barossa Valley: Ngadjuri, Kaurna & Peramangk Country	Elizabeth: Kaurna Country
Shapes referencing the hills of Barossa wineries,	Shapes referencing the acknowledgement of
gum leaves, native plants and seed pods.	our industrial local landscape, current and past.

Flinders Ranges: Adnyamathanha Country	Yorke Peninsula: Narungga Country
Shapes paying homage to the raw beauty of the Flinders Ranges.	Shapes referencing the gateway to the Yorke Peninsula.	15

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Case Study

NORTHLAND, VIC ARTWORK BY KAREN LEE MUNGARRJA

As part of our commitment to recognising the rich history and culture in the Northland community, five unique artworks were commissioned by artist Karen Lee Mungarrja as part of the All Are One series.

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The project, which was two years in the making, was a true community collaboration, with Wurundjeri Elders, Aunty Julieanne and Aunty Gail involved from the beginning, to understand the unique history and stories of the local area, which Northland's Art Consultant, Catherine Asquith, explained was essential to the commission of the art series.

Wiradjuri artist, Karen Lee Mungarrja, was selected by a diverse panel which included Aunty Julieanne and Aunty Gail, with the suite of works telling multi-layered stories that explore Aboriginal culture and the unique diversity of the Darebin community. The five pieces explore themes of individuality, community, sustainability, hope, and understanding.

Karen said, "Using an integrated approach to the brief I have endeavoured to create visual stories that not only celebrate the attributes of the people that use the space but represent the ideas in relation to the social and environmental consciousness of the community and the importance of respecting each other and sharing Aboriginal culture.

In planning the artworks, I have also taken into consideration the structural aesthetics, the spaces for which the artworks sit and their relevance to the surrounds. A continuing story. The muted backgrounds on artworks are a representation of Wurundjeri country and uses symbols of meeting, water to stand, hills/mountains. These backgrounds provide an organic contrast to the bold contemporary compositions and represent the history of the land. Underpinning each artwork is a representation of the importance of acceptance, social and environmental consciousness and the development of the community for future generations."

Artist bio

Living and working on Darug country in Penrith,

New South Wales, Karen Lee (Mungarrja)is a Wiradjuri (peoples of the three rivers) artist of the Tubba-Gah clan, Dubbo NSW. In Indigenous culture, traditional names are given by elders. 'Mungarrja' meaning 'mountain', was given to Karen by her Uncle Michael Gararroongoo Huddleston, a Roper River elder.

As a mature-aged student undertaking her Bachelor of Arts (Curtin University), Karen was exposed to many styles, concepts and thematic interest, and it was during this formative time, that she began to focus on the concept of 'memory', which has since developed into the underlying theme of her practice: exploring the connection between landscape and memory and more specifically, the remnants and traces left in environments either in a physical form or as emotion.

I will see you Ngaagirridhunyal (Wiradjuri)

A story of acceptance and respect. A celebration of our individuality and joining together to respect and embrace each other to make a better world for ourselves and the children of the future.

Share with us Bundyi (Wiradjuri)

A story of sharing food, gathering and food sustainability. Wurundjeri peoples caught fish and eel and gathered seeds using hand woven baskets, dilly bags and fishing nets. Society is progressively rethinking the ways we not only address food waste but how we think about packaging and the impact it has on our environment.

Message Dhurany (Wiradjuri)

A story of who we are is ephemeral, as we grow and experience the world around us, we find our place, our community, our people. It is a message of strength and embracing and respecting each other no matter of what our material wealth is or where we come from.

Place of plenty Dalman (Wiradjuri)

A story of how we use natural resources and the land. As a society we are becoming more environmentally conscious about our waste and how we can use our natural resources. Natural resources in Aboriginal culture: feathers, nuts, seeds, grasses and even hair were used in Aboriginal clothing, jewellery and utility items such as baskets and bags.

Stand in one's own light Wun-di-rra(Wiradjuri)

A story of individuality. A celebration of our sameness and the qualities that make us each unique. Like a boab tree, all are the same tree, but no tree is alike. In Aboriginal culture the Boab tree is a symbol of individuality and respect.

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