Economic participation

Job opportunities in mining

Waanyi Mining Services Pty Ltd is providing job and training opportunities for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Read more about job opportunities available through Waanyi Mining Services.

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities to enjoy the same opportunities as non-Indigenous Queenslanders, they need to be able to participate fully in the mainstream economy. Doing so will also have major benefits in helping to close other gaps in life outcomes.

The Queensland Government's priority is to address the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

It supports this goal this through its investment in:

• public services and infrastructure
• enterprise support
• tourism promotion and facilities
• trade and industry programs
• training and employment programs

Targets, strategies and progress measures

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and the Queensland Government have set targets to improve the economic situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Council of Australian Governments (COAG) targets

• halve the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a decade

Q2 (Tomorrow's Queensland) targets

• 3 out of 4 Queenslanders will hold trade, training or tertiary qualifications
• halve the proportion of Queensland children living in households without a working parent

Progress measures

• labour force participation
• employment rate
• unemployment rate

Strategic directions

The Queensland Government's actions and projects will support the following strategies:

• improve participation and outcomes in vocational education and training
• support Indigenous participation in Queensland's economy through building sustainable business skills and capacity
• maximise Indigenous employment through government procurement policies
• incorporate Indigenous workforce strategies into all new major COAG reforms
• increase job opportunities and enterprise development for Indigenous people in Queensland in Natural Resource Management services and Indigenous tourism
• develop, manage and market sustainable tourism in Cape York and Torres Strait, guided by the Cape York and Torres Strait Tourism Action Plan

More information

Download detailed information about the Queensland Government's actions to improve economic participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people:

• Closing the Gap Report: economic participation section (PDF 404 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: Full report (Word 754 kB)

Related information

• quarterly reports on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities

Other sites

• Closing the Gap clearinghouse: evidence based research 

Last reviewed: 12 November 2009

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