Woolworths Limited has just launched an agreement with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to nearly double its Indigenous workforce over the next three years. The company has committed to employing an additional 1,600 Indigenous Australians under the Employment Parity Initiative. Jobs will be available across Australia with a particular focus on regional communities. Positions will be spread across all aspects of the business including customer service, bakery, butchery, hardware and homewares.

Sixteen hundred jobs for First Australians will be created by 2019 through a partnership between the Australian Government and one of Australia’s leading companies, Woolworths Limited. Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, said today Woolworths already employed 2000 First Australians and its commitment to hire an additional 1600 was the biggest jobs commitment to date under the Government’s Employment Parity Initiative (EPI).