The City is calling on community members to share their thoughts and ideas to help develop our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2026–2028.
To inform the draft RAP, the City is working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, local service providers and schools, and will host a number of community engagement pop-ups at City locations.
Following this engagement period, a draft RAP will be developed and shared for public comment in the first half of 2026.
The RAP will outline practical actions the City will take to strengthen relationships, build respect and respond to opportunities with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to further its Reconciliation journey.
To get involved, attend one of our community engagement pop-ups detailed below or complete a short survey online.
Hard copies of the survey are available at the City’s Civic Centre and three libraries.
By completing the survey, you can enter the draw to win one of two $100 gift vouchers.
Survey submissions close 5pm, Friday 6 March 2026.
For more information and to take the survey, visit engage.bayswater.wa.gov.au/innovate-reconciliation-action-plan-2026
Pictured: City of Bayswater Community Development staff Sherri Bagshaw and Rose Huxtable with 'Harmony Rising', an artwork created by Aboriginal artist Sarah Weston for the City. Harmony Rising – This is the City of Bayswater, a place where ideas flow and memories are created through different experiences and stories shared by the local community and its people over many years of walking the same paths. Journeys are taken together to achieve a common goal of a rich, robust future of closing the gap with an inclusive Reconciliation Action Plan delivered into the local community and the relationships between Nyoongar and non-Aboriginal people, stakeholders, City of Bayswater and their community – all working together.
Community engagement pop-ups
Picnic in the Park
Saturday 13 December 2025, 9.30 – 11.30am
Bert Wright Park
Carols by the River
Saturday 13 December 2025, 5 – 9pm
Riverside Gardens
Waves Family Fun Day
Sunday 18 January 2026, 12 – 4pm
Bayswater Waves
Maylands Summer Nights
Tuesday 10 February 2026, 4.30 – 8pm
Bardon Park
Noranda Bites
Thursday 19 February 2026, 5.30 – 8.30pm
Hawaiian’s Noranda Shopping Centre