1. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter Two Ways Together NSW Aboriginal Land Council State Conference 4 March 2009

2. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter Two Ways Together Economic Development

3. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter Overview The Aboriginal unemployment rate is increasing (20% up from 15.6% in 2005) 49,000 Aboriginal people of working age not in employment Only 0.5% of businesses in NSW owned/operated by Aboriginal people

4. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter COAG – halving the gap in employment outcomes Nationally 100,000 jobs needed to halve the gap National Partnership Agreement on increasing economic participation Increasing public sector employment targets to 2.6% Increasing opportunities through government contracting Increasing employment opportunities through other COAG reforms

5. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter NSW Aboriginal Economic Development Policy Currently over 160 initiatives being delivery across some 30 agencies Policy will focus on linking initiatives as part of a sound strategy

6. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter NSW Public Sector Employment 2% employment target achieved in 2007 Review of Making It Our Business – NSW Government Aboriginal Employment Strategy

7. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter Government Contracting Aboriginal Participation in Construction Guidelines 15 Projects targeted under the State Plan

8. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter Private sector employment Overarching Job Compact 11 location specific Job Compacts

9. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter QUESTIONS What strengths/competitive advantage do land councils have in relation to economic development? –Local –Regional –State

10. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter QUESTIONS Are there any gaps in current policy/programs/initiatives?

11. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter QUESTIONS What opportunities are there for government and land councils to work together to promote jobs, businesses etc?

12. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter Two Ways Together Partnership Community Program

13. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter What is the Draft Partnership Community Governance Framework designed to do?

14. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter Why is the Draft Framework important?

15. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter What will the community governance body do?

16. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter How was the Draft Framework developed?

17. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter What the consultation process told us

18. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter How will the Draft Framework Work?

19. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter Community Action Plans and LALC planning: How can we link them?

20. © Original art work by Leeanne Hunter QUESTIONS PLANNING How can we link Community Action Plans and LALC Planning? FRAMEWORK What issues would your LALC raise if it were considering becoming a community governance body? Even if the LALC did not want to be the community governance body could it help facilitate the process?