Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

Under the Learn Earn Legend! voluntary work experience program, we have a hundred young Indigenous students from across the country working right now in MPs’ and senators’ offices but also in departmental agencies learning about what life is like in the political system and what life is like in government. There are a number of these young work experience students in the gallery right now. I thank them for the work they have done and for the efforts they have taken to get here from across the country. From WA in particular there are 31 trainees. I say to the two work experience students from my office, Dale and Alice: it has been fantastic having you and thank you very much for being here in the Senate today. This is not just about providing a pathway into the public sector—providing access to traineeships, apprenticeships and graduate positions—but also about mentoring and about providing friendships and acquaintances— (Time expired)