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

We are fortunate enough in this parliament to have 100 young Indigenous students from across the country who have come to Canberra to spend the week working with members of parliament, ministers and parliamentary secretaries but also with government departments. On behalf of everyone involved, I welcome the students to Canberra and welcome the students to the week. I also thank the large number of parliamentarians, both senators and MPs, who were involved in the program. We have gone up from around 75 to over 90 MPs. Certainly the program was extremely successful over the last year and has now been increased in size. The important thing is that there are jobs in government departments, graduate traineeships and scholarships, and we want to make sure that young Indigenous Australians understand the jobs are there and get the opportunities to get access to those jobs. That is why this program is so important. I thank all the parliamentarians for their support. (Time expired)