Our Journey

Whilst we recognise we’re at the very beginning of our reconciliation journey, SXP are proud of our achievements over the past few years and look forward to witnessing how our RAP will bring positive change, educational opportunities and cultural understanding within our organisation and sphere of influence.

Appointment of Sophie Barnes in the newly created role of National Governance and Compliance Manager. Sophie is tasked with leading not only our legal and ethical compliance activities, but also becomes our “Diversity Champion” with a focus on gender and racial equality

Partnership with Brotherhood of St Laurence’s ‘Given the Chance’ program, supporting the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander jobseekers

Partnership with i24s and Six Seasons Resources, an Aboriginal-owned security and training business, offering training and development opportunities for our existing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teams (as well as recruitment opportunities for First Nations jobseekers)

Sponsorship of Larrakia Nation’s ‘Outreach Program’. Larrakia Nation is one of Darwin’s leading First Nations Peoples organisations, and this program provides security patrols, relocation of vulnerable persons and referrals to various community assistance programs

Successfully assisted i24s and Six Seasons Resources in achieving a funding grant from the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA)

Awarded a security contract with Darwin City Council (through a tender process heavily focussed on engaging a socially-responsible provider). Our success was partly due to our First Nations Peoples engagement achievements over the previous few years

Appointment of SXP’s first senior managers who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Peoples: Jaie Makepeace as our QLD Loss Prevention Operations Supervisor, and Terry Fox as our Darwin Branch Manager

Appointment of Oli Vrtkovski in the newly created role of National Human Resources Manager. Oli is tasked with leading strategies to further promote engagement within our recruitment activities, and explore the creation of a formal Reconciliation

SXP’s national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples employment rate hits 5%

SXP’s Darwin branch achieves a 10% First Nations Peoples employment rate

Representatives of our National Management Team attend the ‘2022 National RAP Conference’ held in Sydney

Formation of our Reconciliation Working Group, in preparation for our RAP and ongoing First Nations Peoples engagement