Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | Hansard source

As I have said to Senator Siewert, and I am happy to say it again, I am very happy to take that part of the question and the details of your previous question on notice and to provide you with that information. It is something that is very important, obviously, to the government. Can I also say in regard to CDEP conversions, as the Senator knows, a great deal of work is being done by the government in terms of reform of CDEP to ensure that there is a conversion from CDEP positions into government service delivery jobs. As I have told the Senate, Indigenous employment has been boosted over the past three years through the conversion of 3,779 former CDEP positions into government service delivery jobs. I might refer the Senate also to the Northern Territory Emergency Response report which showed that there had been an increase of 46 per cent in Indigenous employment in the last six months to June. (Time expired)