Media Release - Successful indigenous employment program to further strengthen job outcomes

Date published : 10  August  2011 

SENATOR THE HON MARK ARBIB
Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development
Minister for Sport
Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness

MEDIA RELEASE

August 10, 2011

The Australian Government's Indigenous Employment Program (IEP) has secured more than 31,000 job and training places for Indigenous Australians during the 2010-11 financial year, the 2011 National Employment Services Association Conference heard today. Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development Mark Arbib said the IEP had exceeded its targets by 14 per cent, an important result as the Gillard Government worked towards halving the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

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