Success Stories
30 January 2012 | Hands on Mining
Growing up in the coastal town of Carnarvon, 900km north of Perth amongst the banana plantations, Indigenous mother of three, Nicole Clinch, remembers her father’s truck parked on their front lawn. As a little girl she harbored a secret wish to one day drive a truck just like her Dad, but never truly believed it would become a reality.
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1 August 2011 | No Ordinary Job
For some, work is just a job. But for Aboriginal teenager Isaac Young gaining employment was life changing.
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29 April 2011 | P Plate Student Impresses in Traineeship
Going to work, earning money and setting out on the journey to a fulfilling career sounds like the ideal way to begin life after school, but for Kalieann Butler this is just another day of Year 11!
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19 April 2011 | Aboriginal jobs make business sense for bus line
Participating in the Australian Employment Covenant (AEC) and the challenge of creating demand for 50,000 sustainable Indigenous jobs makes perfect business sense for Brisbane’s bayside bus company – Hornibrook Bus lines.
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7 February 2011 | Angela Leitch, Director, Policy, Queensland Department of Education and Training
Angela Leitch doesn’t just manage Indigenous policy at Queensland’s Department of Education and Training; she has lived it and understands first-hand the importance of completing school and being in meaningful employment.
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7 February 2011 | Georgina, Big W and Diversity Dimensions - "Making people happy"
Georgina Murray says completing school has been the key to her employment options. But Big W’s approach to Indigenous employment and Georgina’s love of people has landed her a job she loves.
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7 February 2011 | Real Job Successes through Job Services and AEC Partnership
Sarina Russo Job Access has been involved with the Australian Employment Covenant since it started. Together Sarina Russo Job Access, the AEC and a number of dedicated employers have been making inroads into the tremendous challenge of Indigenous employment.
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16 December 2010 | Big W job a source of pride and encouragement for community
Kathy Lombo left school in year 8 and should be one of those awful statistics of Aboriginal unemployment. But through sheer determination to work and a new opportunity at Big W, she is setting an example for her 11 and 13 year old children.
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15 December 2010 | Butchers carving out a better future for indigenous workers
Marketing Consultant Steve Cremona is one of the thousands of unrecognised Australians doing good things to help Indigenous Australians make it in the workforce.
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3 December 2010 | Daniel Caruso’s Story -Trainee with the Qld Department of Education and Training
When I finished year twelve I was very unsure of what I wanted to do... a lot of options seemed really uninspiring and dull compared to what I was dreaming about.Queenslands Department of Education and Training changed that.
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3 December 2010 | Queensland Government takes its commitment to the AEC seriously
Queensland’s Department of Education and Training (DET) takes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and training seriously. And not just because of its state-wide responsibility for schooling and training.
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