Focus Area 4: Promote Social Cohesion

All Queenslanders have a responsibility to foster social cohesion in our communities. The Queensland Government will take action to respect and celebrate the contributions of Queenslanders from diverse backgrounds.

Agency actions supporting Focus Area 4	Progress/ status for 2024-25	Outcomes achieved for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
All Agencies Action – Take a strong stance against racism, and actively promote anti-racism messages to staff, clients and communities in line with each agency’s unique context.	Delivered	The department takes a clear and unapologetic stance against racism in all its forms and is demonstrated though whole agency communication campaigns for International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, First Nations Days of Significance and Multicultural Queensland Month. Our responsibility goes beyond non-discrimination — we are actively working to create a culturally safe, inclusive and respectful workplace for our culturally diverse staff. In our context, this means developing and delivering targeted campaigns such as The Line is Here, which will challenge racism and discrimination at all levels, while also providing the tools and language for staff to safely call out unacceptable behaviour. We have also committed to separating our awareness campaign from the structural work required to embed accountability — including progressing policy reform and a culturally safe reporting framework to ensure there are real consequences when the line is crossed. This is not a one-off initiative. It’s a sustained cultural shift backed by leadership, co-designed with staff, and reinforced through clear messaging, training, and ongoing engagement with communities and employee networks.
Department of Transport and Main Roads Action - Develop and implement a new Respectful Relationships training program, including a focus on increasing staff awareness of what constitutes racism and discrimination, and building skills on how to prevent and respond to it.	Delivered	The department is in the process of developing The Line is Here as our new Respectful Relationships training program. This campaign will form the foundation of our approach to building a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace — with a strong focus on increasing staff awareness of racism, discrimination and everyday workplace behaviours that cause harm. The Line is Here will: Set clear expectations around what is and isn’t acceptable in our workplace. Provide tools and language for staff to safely call out inappropriate behaviour. Build practical skills to prevent, respond to, and recover from incidents of racism and discrimination. Be delivered through toolbox talks, team-based resources, and leader-led conversations. Be shaped by culturally safe, trauma-informed principles, with specific input from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and networks. Consultation is underway with key stakeholders across the department to ensure the program is relevant, inclusive and accessible across all business areas. Once launched, this campaign will play a central role in supporting behavioural and cultural change across the department.

Agency actions supporting Focus Area 4

Progress/ status for 2024-25

Outcomes achieved for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

All Agencies Action – Take a strong stance against racism, and actively promote anti-racism messages to staff, clients and communities in line with each agency’s unique context.

Delivered

The department takes a clear and unapologetic stance against racism in all its forms and is demonstrated though whole agency communication campaigns for International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, First Nations Days of Significance and Multicultural Queensland Month. Our responsibility goes beyond non-discrimination — we are actively working to create a culturally safe, inclusive and respectful workplace for our culturally diverse staff.

In our context, this means developing and delivering targeted campaigns such as The Line is Here, which will challenge racism and discrimination at all levels, while also providing the tools and language for staff to safely call out unacceptable behaviour.

We have also committed to separating our awareness campaign from the structural work required to embed accountability — including progressing policy reform and a culturally safe reporting framework to ensure there are real consequences when the line is crossed.

This is not a one-off initiative. It’s a sustained cultural shift backed by leadership, co-designed with staff, and reinforced through clear messaging, training, and ongoing engagement with communities and employee networks.

Department of Transport and Main Roads Action - Develop and implement a new Respectful Relationships training program, including a focus on increasing staff awareness of what constitutes racism and discrimination, and building skills on how to prevent and respond to it.

Delivered

The department is in the process of developing The Line is Here as our new Respectful Relationships training program.

This campaign will form the foundation of our approach to building a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace — with a strong focus on increasing staff awareness of racism, discrimination and everyday workplace behaviours that cause harm.

The Line is Here will:

Set clear expectations around what is and isn’t acceptable in our workplace.
Provide tools and language for staff to safely call out inappropriate behaviour.
Build practical skills to prevent, respond to, and recover from incidents of racism and discrimination.
Be delivered through toolbox talks, team-based resources, and leader-led conversations.
Be shaped by culturally safe, trauma-informed principles, with specific input from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and networks.

Consultation is underway with key stakeholders across the department to ensure the program is relevant, inclusive and accessible across all business areas. Once launched, this campaign will play a central role in supporting behavioural and cultural change across the department.

Case studies or good news stories to highlight achievements relevant to Focus Area 4

N/A – The Department of Transport and Main Roads does not have any relevant case studies under Focus Area 4.

Last updated: 2 October 2025