Australian Government working to meet public service Indigenous jobs target
The Australian Government is committed to increasing the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff in the Commonwealth public sector.
As part of its initiative to create more jobs for Indigenous Australians, the Australian Government recently announced a target of having three per cent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff in the Commonwealth public sector by 2018.
To reach this target, the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) has prepared a report on the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff by agency at 30 June 2015, setting a baseline for reporting against the target in future years. The APSC has also developed the Commonwealth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy, setting out actions agencies can take to increase the number of Indigenous staff.
The Strategy is supported by an implementation guide, which sets out good practice initiatives supporting Indigenous employment that can be shared across the Commonwealth and will be updated regularly.
A key part of the Strategy is the requirement that from June 2016 agencies publically report the level of Indigenous staff in their annual reports and also on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website.
Find out more
Read the Australian Government’s announcement on the public service Indigenous jobs target and the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff at Australian Government agencies in June 2015.
You can also read the Commonwealth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy and the Strategy’s implementation guide.