PHOTO: Indigenous staff at CSIRO: Andrew Goodman, Louisa Warren, Dr Ray Mahoney and former employee Jed-Fraser
In 2021, 52 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 – 64 were employed nationally but only 32 per cent were employed in regions considered “very remote”. Bourke, and several other Western Plains localities fall into this parameter.
The NSW Governments allowed the advertising of “Identified positions” some time ago, meaning an employer may identify that a position is to be filled only by a person with a particular attribute. This might mean an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicant, a person with a disability, a person of a particular sex or a person of a particular age.
One such identified role currently up for grabs in the Western Plains is that of an Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer in Brewarrina. There are several other targeted Aboriginal roles in and around Dubbo…