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Tanya Plibersek on Closing the gap on Indigenous employment

The following Advertisement from Tanya Plibersek, Federal Member for Sydney dealt with Closing the gap on Indigenous employment in the South Sydney Herald of April 2010

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Tanya Plibersek MP - Member for Sydney

Closing the gap on Indigenous employment

On 19th March I attended the launch of GenerationOne – a campaign backed people like Andrew Forrest, James Packer and Kerry Stokes to raise awareness of Indigenous disadvantage and to get corporate Australia to do their part in enabling Indigenous Australians to “better participate in and benefit from our national prosperity.”

The Rudd government is committed to closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage by improving employment and education opportunities for Indigenous Australians.

Recently, Minister for Employment Participation, Mark Arbib, launched the 2010 Aboriginal School Based Traineeship Program, delivering employment opportunities for 200 Indigenous high school students in businesses across Australia.

The Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES), which has an office in Glebe, will be given $700,000 in funding to run the program.

Since the program began, around 330 Indigenous students have been placed with a range of employers including ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac, Qantas and Telstra.

In February, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd opened the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) in Redfern - a $50 million investment in education and training. The centre will bring together young Indigenous people from right across the country to pursue their goals in sport, art and culture.

Local residents can also join the gym at the NCIE and take advantage of the world class facilities, while supporting the centre. I urge everyone to get behind the GenerationOne campaign and the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence; and help make a difference to the lives of Indigenous Australians.

For more information go to: www.generationone.org.au  / www.ncie.org.au

Authorised by Tanya Plibersek MP, Labor Member for Sydney           

150 Broadway, Broadway NSW 2007

T 9379 0700 F 9379 0701 | Tanya.Plibersek.MP@aph.gov.au

Source: Advertisement South Sydney Herald April 2010 www.southsydneyherald.com.au