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Increasing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a critical component of Closing the Gap and Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory.

More and more Aboriginal families from Redfern in Sydney are sending their children to the local SDN Children’s Education and Care Centre to make sure they get the early education they need.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows that more than 75 per cent of Indigenous Australians released from prison are returned within a year. However, the results of the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) Throughcare Service show that with a little support, those odds can be beaten.

Recognising the barriers that young Indigenous jobseekers faced in his community of Wodonga, Jon Retford, General Manager of the Wilson Transformer Company decided to take action.

Geraldine Thimble has become the first member of the remote community of Mornington Island in Queensland to gain employment in the Pride in My Home Program with Save the Children, Australia’s leading independent emergency relief and development organisation for children.