❓ Hon Shelley Archer questions the Minister for Indigenous Affairs about Indigenous employment strategies, particularly in the mining industry, referencing the Ngarda report. The Minister acknowledges existing agreements and partnerships, committing to considering the report's recommendations.
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INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT 7. Hon SHELLEY ARCHER to the minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Affairs: I refer to the “Report on Ngarda Civil & Mining’s Machine Operator Work Readiness Training Strategy” as referred to in General Sanderson’s report on Indigenous employment — (1) Does the minister have an employment strategy for Indigenous people? (2) If yes to (1), has the government considered the barriers and challenges to Indigenous employment in the Australian mining industry as detailed in the above report, in particular — (a) the initial set-up costs for work readiness mining training; (b) additional resources required to bring students up to certain educational standards; (c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults? (3) If no to (1), will the minister consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and support changes to government policy that enhance employment for Indigenous Australians in the mining industry? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT
I refer to the “Report on Ngarda Civil & Mining’s Machine Operator Work Readiness Training Strategy” as referred to in General Sanderson’s report on Indigenous employment — (1) Does the minister have an employment strategy for Indigenous people? (2) If yes to (1), has the government considered the barriers and challenges to Indigenous employment in the Australian mining industry as detailed in the above report, in particular — (a) the initial set-up costs for work readiness mining training; (b) additional resources required to bring students up to certain educational standards; (c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults? (3) If no to (1), will the minister consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and support changes to government policy that enhance employment for Indigenous Australians in the mining industry? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(1) Does the minister have an employment strategy for Indigenous people? (2) If yes to (1), has the government considered the barriers and challenges to Indigenous employment in the Australian mining industry as detailed in the above report, in particular — (a) the initial set-up costs for work readiness mining training; (b) additional resources required to bring students up to certain educational standards; (c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults? (3) If no to (1), will the minister consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and support changes to government policy that enhance employment for Indigenous Australians in the mining industry? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(2) If yes to (1), has the government considered the barriers and challenges to Indigenous employment in the Australian mining industry as detailed in the above report, in particular — (a) the initial set-up costs for work readiness mining training; (b) additional resources required to bring students up to certain educational standards; (c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults? (3) If no to (1), will the minister consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and support changes to government policy that enhance employment for Indigenous Australians in the mining industry? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(b) additional resources required to bring students up to certain educational standards; (c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
(c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
(d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
(e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
(f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT
I refer to the “Report on Ngarda Civil & Mining’s Machine Operator Work Readiness Training Strategy” as referred to in General Sanderson’s report on Indigenous employment — (1) Does the minister have an employment strategy for Indigenous people? (2) If yes to (1), has the government considered the barriers and challenges to Indigenous employment in the Australian mining industry as detailed in the above report, in particular — (a) the initial set-up costs for work readiness mining training; (b) additional resources required to bring students up to certain educational standards; (c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults? (3) If no to (1), will the minister consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and support changes to government policy that enhance employment for Indigenous Australians in the mining industry? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(1) Does the minister have an employment strategy for Indigenous people? (2) If yes to (1), has the government considered the barriers and challenges to Indigenous employment in the Australian mining industry as detailed in the above report, in particular — (a) the initial set-up costs for work readiness mining training; (b) additional resources required to bring students up to certain educational standards; (c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults? (3) If no to (1), will the minister consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and support changes to government policy that enhance employment for Indigenous Australians in the mining industry? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(2) If yes to (1), has the government considered the barriers and challenges to Indigenous employment in the Australian mining industry as detailed in the above report, in particular — (a) the initial set-up costs for work readiness mining training; (b) additional resources required to bring students up to certain educational standards; (c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults? (3) If no to (1), will the minister consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and support changes to government policy that enhance employment for Indigenous Australians in the mining industry? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(b) additional resources required to bring students up to certain educational standards; (c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
(c) the need to shift the focus of training to real jobs orientation; for example, by paying trainees their full entitlements, such as superannuation, so they learn about the employer-employee relationship; (d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
(d) introduce a simplified and fair wage subsidy for all trainees regardless of past individual circumstances; (e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
(e) consider a moratorium on welfare benefits to enable long-term unemployed trainees to get on their feet once they gain employment; and (f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
(f) consider alternative penalties to jail for fine defaults?
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(1)-(2) Notwithstanding that the commonwealth government has primary responsibility for employment policy, the government of Western Australia is a signatory to the bilateral agreement on Indigenous affairs, which includes an Indigenous economic development framework to improve training and job opportunities for Indigenous Western Australians. The framework addresses a number of the issues listed in part (2) of the honourable member’s question. The government is a signatory to three regional partnership agreements—Port Hedland, Ashburton-Roebourne, and east Kimberley—with the commonwealth government and the members of the Minerals Council of Australia, which have an Indigenous employment and economic development focus. (3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
(3) The government will consider the recommendations in the Ngarda report and any other suggestions for improving employment for Indigenous people.
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