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Two Ways Together NSW Aboriginal Land Council State Conference
4 March 2009
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Two Ways Together Economic Development
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Overview•The Aboriginal unemployment rate is increasing
•(20% up from 15.6% in 2005)
•49,000 Aboriginal people of working age not in employment
•Only 0.5% of businesses in NSW owned/operated by Aboriginal people
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COAG – halving the gap in employment outcomes
•Nationally 100,000 jobs needed to halve the gap
•National Partnership Agreement on increasing economic participation
•Increasing public sector employment targets to 2.6%•Increasing opportunities through government contracting•Increasing employment opportunities through other COAG reforms
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NSW Aboriginal Economic Development Policy
•Currently over 160 initiatives being delivery across some 30 agencies
•Policy will focus on linking initiatives as part of a sound strategy
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NSW Public Sector Employment
•2% employment target achieved in 2007
•Review of Making It Our Business – NSW Government Aboriginal Employment Strategy
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Government Contracting
•Aboriginal Participation in Construction Guidelines
•15 Projects targeted under the State Plan
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Private sector employment
•Overarching Job Compact
•11 location specific Job Compacts
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QUESTIONS
• What strengths/competitive advantage do land councils have in relation to economic development?– Local – Regional– State
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QUESTIONS
• Are there any gaps in current policy/programs/initiatives?
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QUESTIONS
• What opportunities are there for government and land councils to work together to promote jobs, businesses etc?
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Two Ways Together Partnership Community Program
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What is the Draft Partnership Community Governance
Framework designed to do?
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Why is the Draft Framework important?
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What will the community governance body do?
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How was the Draft
Framework developed?
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What the consultation process told us
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How will the Draft Framework Work?
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Community Action Plans and LALC planning: How can we
link them?
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QUESTIONSPLANNING
• How can we link Community Action Plans and LALC Planning?
FRAMEWORK
• What issues would your LALC raise if it were considering becoming a community governance body?
• Even if the LALC did not want to be the community governance body could it help facilitate the process?
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