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Targets for minimum Indigenous employment or supply use in major Australian Government procurements: follow-up
The mandatory minimum requirements (MMRs) are targets for minimum Indigenous employment and/or supply use for certain Australian Government contracts. The policy objective of the MMRs is to ensure Indigenous Australians gain skills and economic benefit from some of the larger pieces of work that the Commonwealth outsources, including in remote areas.
In 2020, the Auditor-General made six recommendations to improve administration of and compliance with the MMRs. This audit examined implementation of the recommendations. The audit report makes eight recommendations to improve compliance with the MMRs.
Key findings
- Entities partly implemented the agreed recommendations.
- As the policy owner, the National Indigenous Australians Agency largely implemented two recommendations relating to MMR administration but did not complete a third recommendation to implement an evaluation strategy.
- The departments of Defence, Education and Home Affairs largely implemented the agreed recommendations relating to MMR compliance.
- The departments of Employment and Workplace Relations, and Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts, partly implemented the recommendations.
