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Making a difference
Kyly Mills is a young Aboriginal student who is passionate about improving the health outcomes for Indigenous communities. This desire has led Kylie to pursuing a career in the public health sector, with a focus on Indigenous women. A Kamilaroi woman whose family originated in the Moree area, Kyly is a third year Bachelor of […]
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Time to get moving
Often times, to get the job or career you want takes training that you just can’t find close to home. Whether it’s moving to another town or city to begin uni, or relocating to start TAFE or some other training course – at some point in our lives most of us will face the tough […]
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Training boost for nursing students
The TAFE NSW New England Institute located in Tamworth, New South Wales, is using new online technology to help fast-track the education and improve employment opportunities of Aboriginal students who want to work in their local communities. The Tamworth region is currently experiencing a skills shortage of enrolled nurses and the E-Skills for Enrolled Nurses […]
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Career head start
More school-based automotive apprenticeships will be on offer this year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders thanks to a partnership between the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) and K-Mart Tyre and Auto Services (KTAS). The partnership will develop 14 school based automotive apprenticeships across NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Northern Territory and Western Australia. The AES is an […]
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In the big league
A young lady who enjoys organising social events and who loves rugby league has been able to blend these two passions into a career by landing a traineeship with the NRL. Tanika Perry, from the mid-north coast of NSW, is now a trainee in events management with the NRL. She is working with the NRL […]
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Bright Spark
At the Australian Training Awards held in Brisbane, Joshua Toomey took home the Student of the Year award in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award category. Joshua completed his Certificate III Electricity Supply Industry – Distribution (Power Line) and is proud to be a qualified tradesman now. However, finishing his studies was not always […]
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Joshua Toomey – On top of the world
His office is up a pole with sweeping views of trees and sometimes over the ocean. He has the power to get your electricity back on and he wears hi vis and a hard hat. The man with all this power at his fingertips is NAIDOC apprentice of the year Joshua Toomey and while his […]
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Scholarship for high achievers
Three high achieving Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Indigenous law students have received scholarships to help ease the costs of study. The $5,000 scholarships come from the McCullough Robertson Support Fund for Indigenous Law Students which provides ongoing financial assistance to QUT students to encourage high-achieving Indigenous students into private practice. Professor Larissa Behrendt, professor […]
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Budget delivers $250m for Indigenous education and training
More than a quarter of a billion dollars will flow out to Indigenous Australians to help them to stay at school and find work. The Federal Budget, handed down last night, allocated an extra $171 million to programs that focus on Indigenous school students. The funding ends in 2013. A new $50.7 million Youth Careers […]
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Essential Energy boosts Indigenous jobs
One of NSW largest employers is today launching a new strategy to tackle Indigenous disadvantage by boosting job opportunities. Essential Energy (formerly Country Energy) has developed the 2011 Indigenous Employment and Development Strategy in consultation with rural and regional communities. The strategy will assist Essential Energy to further strengthen Indigenous representation across its workforce and […]
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AFL and Learn.Earn.Legend team up
Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development and Minister for Sport Mark Arbib today announced the Australian Government’s Learn. Earn. Legend! program will partner with the AFL in 2011. The funding will support the AFL Indigenous All Stars team participating in the AFLPA Indigenous Camp from January 29 to February 5 and will encourage young […]
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Inspiring our young leaders
The aim of this year’s gathering was to get leading Year 10 and 11 students together to meet their peers from across the nation. IYLP students also enjoyed four days of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural performances, developed their knowledge of – and pride in – their own and other’s cultures, and built their […]
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Tour of duty
Twenty-seven young men and women recently travelled around the country in search of training to help them get a job. If that sounds like it’s above and beyond the call of duty, then throw in some hard-core training at the Police Academy and the Department of Defence bases and you’ll understand just how dedicated these […]
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AFTRS Concept to Page Workshops
In June AFTRS will present two Concept to Page workshops, at Sydney AFTRS in Fox Studios, Moore Park.For interstate people there is support for travel and accommodation to attend either of the workshops For further information or an application form email: [email protected] http://www.aftrs.edu.au under the Indigenous heading in open programsor call Pauline Clague 02-9805 6416 […]
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Rugby league to recruit Indigenous trainees
As the Indigenous All Stars team warms up for their game, rugby league is offering opportunities for ten new Indigenous trainees also getting ready to start work with Queensland Rugby League’s Northern Division. Treasurer and Minister for Employment and Economic Development Andrew Fraser said the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative’s First Start program had committed […]
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Workshops for emerging Indigenous Artists
Whichway, a project of MusicNSW, exists to assist in the development of the Indigenous music industry in NSW. On October, 20-22 and 27-29, Whichway will host two series of workshops for emerging Indigenous artists interested in taking their music that one step further. The introduction workshops will be split over two weeks by style of […]
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