Senate debates

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

Questions without Notice

Indigenous Employment

2:48 pm

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

As I was saying, while unemployment has been dropping, at the same time Indigenous unemployment is obviously still concerning. We have seen an increase in Indigenous unemployment, there is no doubt about that, during the global financial crisis. That is why the government has been working so hard with the corporate sector, with Andrew Forrest and the Australian Employment Covenant in trying to turn this around. It is also not just with business. We are working closely with training organisations—

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