Increasing Indigenous Employment Opportunity - Proposed reforms to the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) and Indigenous Employment Program
Background
On 15 May 2008, Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard the Minster for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs the Hon Jenny Macklin MP and the Minister for Employment Participation the Hon Brendan O’Connor MP released
Increasing Indigenous Economic Opportunity – A discussion paper on the future of the CDEP and Indigenous Employment Programs.
The discussion paper asked for suggestions about what is working and fresh innovative ideas for reforms to Indigenous employment services to help build stronger communities and close the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
The Government received feedback on the future of the programs from more than 2,000 people who attended around 70 consultation sessions held around Australia. We received more than 120 written submissions.
The feedback received from this consultation process has assisted the Government to develop a way forward.
A discussion paper on the proposed reform framework
A paper has been developed as the basis for the consultations entitled Increasing Indigenous Employment Opportunity - Proposed reforms to the CDEP and Indigenous Employment Programs and is available to you.
Discussion paper - PDF (411kb) | RTF (704kb) | Map for Attachment C of RTF version JPG (329kb)
A Fact Sheet outlining the key proposed reforms to CDEP is also available.
Fact Sheet - PDF (142kb) | RTF (83kb)
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs the Hon Jenny Macklin MP and the Minister for Employment Participation the Hon Brendan O’Connor MP have also issued a Media Release.
In earlier consultations the Government committed to come back with the proposed model. A series of face to face public consultation sessions are being held to talk through the changes and give you the chance to provide further feedback.
See the table below for the session in your area.
Session times: AM 10:00am - 2:00pm, PM 12:00 noon for a 12:30 start - 4:30pm
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Monday 20 October |
Tuesday 21 October |
Wednesday 22 October |
Thursday 23 October |
Friday 24 October |
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| Melbourne
(am) Melbourne Town Hall cnr Collins & Swanson Streets Brisbane (am) Rendezvous Hotel 255 Ann Street Broome (am) Mangrove Hotel 47 Carnavon Street Adelaide (am) Tandanya 253 Grenfell Street Canberra (am) Hellenic Club Apollo Room Matilda Street Woden |
Port Augusta(pm) Cooinda Hall cnr Commercial Road & Flinders Terrace Darwin(am) Crowne Plaza 32 Mitchell Street Derby(am) Derby Rec Centre Sydney (am) Stamford Plaza Sydney Airport cnr Robey & O'Riordan Streets Mascot Ti Tree (am) Central Desert Shire Boardroom |
Morwell (am) Century Inn cnr Princess Highway & Airfield Road Traralgon Townsville (am) Townsville Plaza Hotel cnr of Flinders & Stanley Streets Kununurra (pm) Grande Hotel Kununurra Tamworth (pm) West Diggers Club (old RSL Club) Cable Avenue Tamworth Elliot (am) Elliott Basketball Courts Hermannsburg (9am) Area between demountables Hermannsburg Office |
Mildura (pm) Alfred Deakin Centre Benetook Room 180 -190 Deakin Avenue (cnr Twelth Street) Galiwinku (am) Church Lawns |
Bendigo (pm) Hunter House 57 Queen Street Port Hedland (am) South Hedland ICC Conference Room Maningrida (am) Community Hall Ceduna (11 am start) Emu Farm |
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Monday 27 October |
Tuesday 28 October |
Wednesday 29 October |
Thursday 30 October |
Friday 31 October |
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Orange (am) Orange Ex-Services Club Anson Street Geraldton (am) African Reef Resort 5 Broadhead Avenue Alice Springs (pm) Madigans Restaurant Wildlife Park Larapinta Drive Newcastle (pm) Newcastle Jockey Club - Pavilion Room Darling Street Broadmeadow Cairns (am) Rydges Esplanade Resort cnr The Esplanade & Kerwin Street Woorabinda (am) HACC Building 112 Munns Drive |
Rockhampton (am) Quality Inn Centre Point Hotel Rockhampton 131 George Street Tennant Creek Kargaru Conference Room Training Centre Staunton Street Hobart (am) Hobart Function and Conference Centre Marina Room 1 Elizabeth Street Pier Penrith (pm) Penrith Panthers Mulgoa Road Normanton (am) Carpentaria Shire Council Boardroom Landsborough Street |
Dubbo (am) Dubbo RSL Club Auditorium cnr Brisbane & Wingarra Streets Perth (pm) Mantra on Murray 305 Murray St Katherine (am) Knotts Crossing Giles Street Mount Isa (pm) Terrace Gardens Training Room 4 Duchess Road Wollongong (am) Novotel Wollongong Northbeach Norfolk 2 Room 2 -14 Cliff Road Coffs Harbour (pm) Coffs Harbour Ex-Services Club Auditorium Vernon Street Flinders Island (pm) Community Hall Lady Barren |
Wagga Wagga (am) Romanos Hotel Chandelier Room cnr Fitzmaurice & Sturt Streets Kalgoorlie (am) Tower Hotel cnr Maritana & Bourke Streets Booroloola (am) Mabunji Boardroom APY Lands (pm) APY Conference Room Umuwa |
Bourke (am) Bourke ICC Conference Room Level 1 Church Street Albury (pm) Chifley Albury Carlton Room cnr Dean & Elizabeth Streets Nhulunbuy (am) Nhulunbuy Town Hall Endeavour Square Chesterfield Circuit Roma (am) Maranoa Club 27 Hawthorne Street Halls Creek (pm) Halls Creek Rec Centre |
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Monday 3 November |
Wednesday 5 November |
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Wadeye
(pm) Shire Meeting Room Palm Island (am) Palm Island PCYC Papunya (am) Outside Papunya Council Office Fitzroy Crossing (am) Fitzroy River Lodge |
Tiwi Islands
(pm) Tiwi Island Training & Education Board - outdoor training area Weipa (am) Embley River Diner (Napranum Community) Warburton Warburton Park (pm) |
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Remote session location and dates may change depending on the communities’ interest/availability. Call 1802 102 closer to the scheduled date to confirm.
Staff in the Indigenous Coordination Centres (ICC) are currently working with particular remote communities to arrange targeted consultation sessions in community.
Please note: in some communities you may need to apply for a permit before you are able to enter that community. Contact an ICC for more information
| Yalata | Ceduna ICC | (08) 8624 4066 |
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| APY Lands | Port Augusta ICC | (08) 8647 1500 |
| Borroloola | Katherine ICC | (08) 8973 2007 |
| Woorabinda | Rockhampton ICC | (07) 4924 0066 |
| Halls Creek | Kununurra ICC | (08) 9168 3101 |
| Galiwinku | Nhulunbuy ICC | (08) 8987 8596 |
| Hermannsburg | Alice Springs ICC | (08) 8959 4211 |
| Maningrida | Darwin ICC | (08) 89366448 |
| Papunya | Alice Springs ICC | (08) 8959 4211 |
| Palm Island | Townsville ICC | (07) 4760 1099 |
| Ti Tree | Alice Springs ICC | (08) 8959 4211 |
| Fitzroy Crossing | Derby ICC | (08) 9193 2599 |
| Flinders Island | Hobart ICC | (03) 6211 3900 |
| Elliot | Tennant Creek ICC | (08) 8962 1999 |
| Weipa | Cairns ICC | (07) 4048 8603 |
| Wadeye | Darwin ICC | (08) 8936 6448 |
| Normanton | Mt Isa ICC | (07) 4747 3055 |
| Warburton | Kalgoorlie ICC | (08) 9024 1105 |
| Tiwi Islands | Darwin ICC | (08) 89366448 |
Providing feedback
In addition to the face to face sessions, you may provide feedback by e-mail, fax or by post.
Email: feedback@indigenous.gov.au
Fax: 02 6121 0207
Post: CDEP/IEP Feedback
PO Box 7576
Canberra Business Centre ACT 2610
The closing date for receiving written submissions is Friday 7 November 2008.
Universal Employment Services
The Government’s new Universal Employment Services (UES) will commence on 1 July 2009. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations is currently undertaking a tender process to select organisations to deliver its employment services. The new services will provide tailored assistance and focus on the most disadvantaged job seekers. Tenders for the new UES close at 7pm on Friday 7 November 2008. Tenderers will be required to specifically demonstrate how they will effectively work with Indigenous job seekers, Indigenous organisations and providers of CDEP and IEP. All successful tenderers will be required to have an Indigenous Employment Strategy for the recruitment of Indigenous Australians within their organisations.
You can find more information on the purchasing process for employment services at workplace.gov.au/ESPurchasing