Throughout its preparations for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018), organising body, Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) has thoroughly demonstrated its commitment to a diversity of people not only from abroad, but right here at home.
As champions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander excellence, GOLDOC’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) team members have been working to improve opportunities and reconciliation outcomes for First Nations people and the broader Australian community at all levels.
Third-year Bachelor of Arts student Sera-Lyn Terare – who hails from Butchulla Country in the Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Fraser Island region – has been involved in the team’s workings as an intern, and says the experience has been a professionally and personally rewarding one.
“I’m enjoying the experience of the internship – I probably say how much I love my job about three times a day,” she says.
“I’ve met so many amazing and inspiring men and