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(2 of 3) By the time the Dubbo meeting is over, Estens has generated a flurry of phone calls, report-backs and a soiree with a senior bureaucrat. It's been fruitful and a jolly party compared with some meetings Estens has had with public servants. "Like Colin Powell in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jobs For Our Mob | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

Dahlstrom is on trial for a month as one of several AES employment coordinators. The role is the most crucial for the agency, as it combines marketing, local knowledge, and savvy in getting employers to hire Aboriginal people; it then requires poise and wisdom to mentor the new workers and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jobs For Our Mob | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

Despite a sizable idle army, indigenous folk aren't equipped to fill all Moree's job vacancies. Even if they turn against peer pressure and the welfare culture, getting the unemployed "job ready" takes time. Students, recent school leavers, those changing industries and mature people who have never worked, all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jobs For Our Mob | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

But there's a prevailing movement that Estens and a gaggle of bureaucrats can't reverse: Australia's booming economy is not generating enough unskilled work, particularly for men. According to Bob Gregory, professor of economics at the ANU, it's getting harder - not easier - for Aboriginal people to gain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jobs For Our Mob | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

The AES offers some - certainly not all - of the clues for growing indigenous employment. As Estens has found, progress takes time, even with the best will in the world; some kids fall by the wayside, towns lose heart, officials stuff up. In Sydney last month, at the end of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jobs For Our Mob | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

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