Mrs BRAHAM - 2007-08-23
In Closing the Gap, you announced a five-year plan in which you list 223 new positions. Could you tell me how many of those positions are earmarked for indigenous people?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, as part of Closing the Gap there are around 223 specifically new positions. To deliver the services that we need, in addition to the ones we have now, we need positions like 40 additional police, 10 school counsellors, 10 community corrections officers, right across the board. What we would like to see is as many of those positions, because they are delivering specific to Aboriginal people, go to Aboriginal people.
For example, in police, we have a course in November for 20 Aboriginal Community Police Officers, ACPOs, to transition them to constables. It is that type of program we have in place to ensure that Aboriginal Territorians across the Territory are getting the skills they need for those jobs. For example, we would like to see the Family Violence Support Workers being taken up by Aboriginal Territorians.
While I cannot give the member for Braitling a specific breakdown on what we can do, because we will have to look at people who have skills for those jobs, they are important tasks. We will continue to work with Aboriginal Territorians on achieving those skill levels where appropriate - the example of police is a good one - and in all other areas announced in Closing the Gap.
Mr HENDERSON: Madam Speaker, I ask that further questions be placed on the Written Question Paper.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, as part of Closing the Gap there are around 223 specifically new positions. To deliver the services that we need, in addition to the ones we have now, we need positions like 40 additional police, 10 school counsellors, 10 community corrections officers, right across the board. What we would like to see is as many of those positions, because they are delivering specific to Aboriginal people, go to Aboriginal people.
For example, in police, we have a course in November for 20 Aboriginal Community Police Officers, ACPOs, to transition them to constables. It is that type of program we have in place to ensure that Aboriginal Territorians across the Territory are getting the skills they need for those jobs. For example, we would like to see the Family Violence Support Workers being taken up by Aboriginal Territorians.
While I cannot give the member for Braitling a specific breakdown on what we can do, because we will have to look at people who have skills for those jobs, they are important tasks. We will continue to work with Aboriginal Territorians on achieving those skill levels where appropriate - the example of police is a good one - and in all other areas announced in Closing the Gap.
Mr HENDERSON: Madam Speaker, I ask that further questions be placed on the Written Question Paper.
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