GROWING ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LEADERSHIP: ELEVATING OUR ACTIVITY 2016-2018
ACTION TARGET
RESPONSIBILITY
TIMEFRAME/MEASURE
We will continue to build on our actions with a
significant step change in key activities:
For leading the activity
Invest in developing Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander talent
and career pathways.
We will become one of AIME’s 10,000 by 2018 partners, increasing our
investment to help AIME expand its program to reach more Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander high school students.
Executive Lead, Indigenous
Engagement & RAP
Agreement 2015-2018 in place
by July 2016
AIME’s student numbers will be reported annually by AIME and figures
will be included in the RA Impact Survey annually.
Expansion of program by December
2016 - AIME will report number of
schools in FY18 Annual Report
We will continue to provide a minimum 25 internships annually to
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students through the
CareerTrackers program.
Executive Lead, Indigenous
Engagement & RAP
Annually: November and July 2016-2024
We continue to work with the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance
Academy (NASCA) to transition Young Indigenous Pathways into a
NASCA-supported design and delivery program with our founding
partner schools from 2016.
In year 1, the program will have two schools and 50 students per year.
Review of year 1 will set the targets for ensuing years.
Executive Lead, Indigenous
Engagement & RAP
Redesign of program and new delivery
framework ready for implementation by
September 2016
Our investment in Yalari will focus on providing students in ‘Year 13’
more support to make choices that prepare them to enter tertiary and
vocational training and/ or the workforce.
Executive Lead, Indigenous
Engagement & RAP
Agreement in place by October 2016
We will also support the development of a structured Yalari alumni
program with a pilot first conference of alumni to be held in 2016.
Yalari will report student and graduate numbers annually and figures
will be included in the RA Impact Survey annually.
Alumni conference by December 2016
We will collaborate with organisations, such as the Goodes-O’Loughlin
GO Foundation, to focus our collective efforts on providing support to
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students training, studying and
working away from home in order to reduce the financial stress on
them and help them to pursue their chosen career path.
Executive Lead, Indigenous
Engagement & RAP
Scoped, documented and circulated
internally by May 2017
First outcomes of the program will be reported in RA Impact Survey 2018.
Launch in 2017
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