The Government says that these reforms are a key element in meeting the target of halving the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a decade.
The CDEP program will be restructured to:
- build individual skills and capacity to take up work where opportunities arise
- provide on-the-job work experience
- provide voluntary mobility assistance
- build capacity of communities including through supporting priority projects
- build capacity of local Indigenous organisations to deliver a range of services, including other employment services such as the Indigenous
- Employment Program (IEP) and make sure community members undertaking similar activities have the same income and participation requirements.
- CDEP positions that have supported the delivery of government services will be converted to properly paid jobs, with ongoing funding to be available for those jobs to ensure sustainability, including in the Northern Territory.
- A new remote workforce strategy will be introduced creating 400 traineeships in government service delivery and 60 additional positions in land and sea management.
- New participants in reformed CDEP will access the program while on relevant income support payments rather than be paid CDEP wages.
- Existing CDEP participants will be eligible to receive CDEP wages until 30 June 2011 to allow for an adjustment period, subject to allowable breaks of two weeks.
- Funding agreements for reformed CDEP will be offered for a three year period.
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