Jennie George (Throsby, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House

(1)

expresses its concerns about the impact of the new guidelines for the CDEP program which are to apply from July 1, 2006;

(2)

draws attention to the positive outcomes of CDEP, which has been the mainstay of employment for Indigenous Australians;

(3)

recognises the unacceptably high rates of Indigenous unemployment across the nation;

(4)

notes the small percentage of Indigenous Job Network participants who gain long-term and full-time employment;

(5)

expresses serious concern about the future viability of CDEP in urban and regional areas with the introduction of a maximum limit of 52 weeks in CDEP for new participants; and

(6)

calls on the Government to recognise the value of CDEP as the mainstay of employment and community development for Indigenous Australians.

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