The harsh reality masked by a complex proposed reform package of Indigenous employment programs is that from 31 March 2010 the CDEP program will disappear, writes John Altman.
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CDEP: “Welcome back,” says one remote community
The reintroduction of CDEP is being welcomed by many remote communities. Harry Scott, CEO of Titjikala, located 130kms south east of Alice Springs, tells Crikey what it means for his community.
Abolishing CDEP: Coming soon to a community near you
The abolition of CDEP under the federal government’s Northern Territory intervention is proceeding in many Indigenous communities, but the transition process isn’t always a smooth one, reports Thomas Hunter..
How the NT intervention will devastate one East Arnhem community
I would guess that there are few people who have even a moderate understanding of the breadth of the impact that the intervention is going to have on the East Arnhem population, writes John Greatorex of the Intervention Reform Coalition of Darwin.
Workforce participation minister pushes 6000 on to the dole
Dr Sharman Stone is being nothing if not creative in trying to justify her colleagues’ approach to axing the Community Development Employment Program. And that starts with her title.
The Northern Territory: where you can buy cars before bread
It seems that life under Brough and Howard’s NT intervention will be very much like the old Mission and Government Settlement days—no doubt with white picket fence and all, writes Henri Ivrey.
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Interest rate rises? CDEP workers face ruin
The Reserve Bank’s interest rate announcement was not just widely predicted, it was factored into the share market weeks ago. The media will no doubt rake the coals of families doing it tough with—what?—the ninth interest rate hike in a row. But you can bet no journalist—especially those of the Canberra press gallery—will take time out to talk to anyone in the Northern Territory who works for a Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) wage.
Brough exercises his work choices, fires 8,000 workers
Indigenous affairs Mal Brough is forcing Aboriginal people out of work in order to make them reliant on welfare. Seems strange but there is a logic at work here, albeit a perverse political one. Read on.
Scrapping CDEP is just dumb, dumb, dumb
Ministers Joe Hockey and Mal Brough’s decision to abolish the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme in remote Indigenous communities in the NT will have marked impacts on the arts industry, the management of Indigenous Protected Areas, and community based Caring for Country ranger projects. And it’s not just these success stories that will suffer; it’s likely that there will be wider local, regional and national costs from this myopic ill-considered policy shift, writes Jon Altman.
