Remote communities offer unique challenges that mean mainstream employment and participation solutions have historically fallen short of community expectations. Remote communities feature weaker labour markets, geographic dispersion, language and cultural differences and service delivery challenges. Furthermore, Government payments are the main source of income in many communities.

SVA have developed an evidence-informed perspective on the actions required to achieve reconciliation, underpinned by identified drivers of better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

There are calls for whichever party wins the weekend's election to take a good look at the work for the dole scheme operating in remote Australia. Service providers continue to raise concerns about the scheme. They're now worried Indigenous people are leaving remote communities to escape the program and that young people aren't signing up...

The research presented seeks to understand the reasons Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees opt to leave the Australian Public Service (APS). The paper also raises important implications for strategies that aim to increase rates of Indigenous employment in the APS.

This working paper reports on a survey of provider organisations conducted almost one year into the implementation of Remote Jobs and Communities Program.