Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for COAG) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Employment and Development, Senator Wong. I refer to the ongoing uncertainty for job placement providers under the Indigenous Employment Program. Is the minister aware of New South Wales based Booroongen Djugun Aboriginal Corporation, which has placed 58 Indigenous Australians in jobs in conservation, land management and aged care on the New South Wales North Coast under the IEP, and which has a further seven businesses on its books ready to take on trainees, whose future is under threat due to the freeze on IEP contracts? What steps is the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations taking to engage with the corporation on these issues?