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Replacing the Community Development Program: consultation report
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The Australian government has committed to replace the Community Development Program (CDP) with real jobs with proper conditions — developed in partnership with First Nations people.
Between February 2023 and June 2023, the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) conducted a ‘listen and learn’ consultations phase with remote communities on the government’s commitment to replace the CDP with a program with real jobs, proper wages and decent conditions.
The ‘listen and learn’ phase was an opportunity for communities and stakeholders to speak to the NIAA directly about ways to design and deliver a program to replace CDP.
NIAA representatives heard that a new program should:
- Be planned and led by communities.
- Recognise roles carried out in the communities.
- Consider a new approach for youth.
- Create more local jobs for local people.
- Support people who cannot work right now.
- Have flexibility to invest in local priorities.
