Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I listened intently. Thank you, Mr Acting Deputy President, and thank you, Senator Feeney. Let me just finish on this. The program up in Beagle Bay is part of the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, which SIHIP is part of. For you, Senator Adams, I think I was up to the number of Indigenous employees in that community in Beagle Bay. Out of 18 employees, 13 are Indigenous. The number of Indigenous employees by percentage is 72.22—remarkable. Imagine if all the mining companies could do that as well—wouldn’t that be fantastic? The number of worked hours by Indigenous employees by percentage is 82.07. If I can, I will give you the job descriptions of our Aboriginal employees up there working on this wonderful housing program. There are nine builders labourers, two carpenters, one wall and ceiling fixer and one plumber. Remarkable, fantastic work, Nirrumbuk—keep up the great stuff.