Reconciliation Australia (RA) has released the results of its biennial 2024 Australian Reconciliation Barometer (ARB). The survey tracks how First Nations peoples and non-Indigenous Australians feel about each other, and what they think about important issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.
The 2024 results show 85 per cent of Australians surveyed believed the relationship between First Nations and non-Indigenous people is important.
RA has put out 'Reconciliation Snapshots' containing the evidence.
'The ARB results show that', RA says, 'despite the economic and global challenges and despite the disinformation and racism we witnessed during the referendum campaign, most Australians share an enduring optimism in the possibility of a more united Australia, a willingness to work together and the belief that the Federal Government should do more to advance reconciliation'.
Among many results: 81 per cent of Multicultural Australians surveyed believe Truth-telling is important, compared with 67 per cent of Anglo-Australians; 89 per cent of 18-24 year olds believe Truth-telling is important against 71 per cent of the general community; 91 per cent of 18-24 year olds and 90 per cent of 25-34 year olds 'believe it is important to learn about the impact of European colonisation and government policy on First Nations Australians', compared with 80 per cent of the general community.
The survey covered 547 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (margin of error of +/-4.2%), 2012 non-Indigenous people (margin of error of +/-2.2%), for a total sample of 2559 (margin of error of +/-1.9%).
29 June 2025
Picture credit: Sculpture Fire and Water (2007) by Judy Watson at Reconciliation Place in Canberra (Fiona Henderson; Wikipedia; CC BY 2.0)
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