The First Nations Reference Group for the Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program held its fourth meeting today.
The Remote Jobs and Economic Development program will create 3,000 jobs over the next three years, in remote Australia, to help close the gap in employment outcomes and boost economic opportunities.
Registrations are open for the Dangkal Gwo’yal-wa (Strong Country) Land and Water Management Forum, to be held on Larrakia Country (Darwin) from 27 to 29 August 2024.
This will be the first time Indigenous land and water managers from across Australia have come together to share knowledge on the effective management of Country in over a decade.
The Albanese Labor Government is launching consultations with communities and organisations on the design of the new Remote Jobs and Economic Development program (RJED) to replace the old CDP.
The $707 million program, that will start later this year, will deliver real jobs to remote communities across Australia initially creating 3000 jobs over the next three years. These jobs will be real jobs, with decent wages and proper conditions, starting in the second half of 2024.
The Albanese Labor Government is launching consultations with communities and organisations on the design of the new Remote Jobs and Economic Development program (RJED) to replace the old CDP.
The $707 million program, that will start later this year, will deliver real jobs to remote communities across Australia initially creating 3000 jobs over the next three years. These jobs will be real jobs, with decent wages and proper conditions, starting in the second half of 2024.
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I am so pleased to be here because I so admire the work you do. Helping Western Australians find the stability of a place to call home. Helping them to build new foundations – both physical and metaphorical.
Four works by Albert Namatjira will go on display at the Araluen Art Centre in Alice Springs to commemorate its 40th anniversary as part of the Albanese Labor Government’s Sharing the National Collection program.
The works by Namatjira – one of Australia’s most famous and sought after painters – will be exhibited alongside works by five foundational central Australian artists of the 1970s.
The loan is the first to the Northern Territory under Sharing the National Collection and the largest loan of First Nations works to date.
I love buying new books. Something to keep me company on the weekly flight from Perth to Canberra, or Sydney. This year I have enjoyed the Thursday Murder Club, Decision Points by George W Bush, Everyone on this Train is a Suspect and A Bigger Picture by Malcolm Turnbull.
The Albanese Labor Government will deliver a further $1 billion in savings from reducing spending on consultants, contractors, and labour hire in the 2024-25 Budget. This is part of the Government’s commitment to reduce the reliance on external labour and rebuild a fit-for-purpose public service that is resourced to deliver the services Australians expect.
This save is in addition to the $3 billion in savings from reducing spending on external labour that the Government delivered in the 2022-23 October Budget, bringing the total savings delivered to $4 billion.
Investments have been made in the Australian Public Service in the past two years. More staff have been employed, service standards are improving, and the reliance on external labour is decreasing - delivering much needed savings across the budget.
We have employed more permanent public servants to rebuild and improve the APS at the same time as reducing the APS's reliance on costly external labour like consultants, contractors or labour hire workers.
DAVID SPEERS, HOST: Katy Gallagher, welcome to the program.
SENATOR THE HON KATY GALLAGHER, MINISTER FOR WOMEN: Thanks for having me on David.
SPEERS: Let's start with this $5,000 grant, who is eligible to access the money?