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5th Indigenous Recruitment and Training Summit

Economic development and employment

opportunities in remote Aboriginal communities The reasons for the current scenario of no dreams, hopes

or vision

The importance of concentrating on educating women

The failure of a Government system geared to mediocrity

The need for innovative thinking across sectors

A solution for those who want to do good with their life

Motivating the majority from welfare dependency

Rollo Manning,

RWM Consultancy

PR and Pharmacy Consultant, Darwin


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My background As a Pharmacist Ihave worked across all sectors in the

pharmaceutical market

As a Consultant Ihave worked on social and economicdevelopment for Aboriginal organisations and communities

As a volunteerI obtain personal satisfaction out of gettingsomething to work that others thought impossible

As a human being I am concerned about social justice and the

rights of others, especially children As a friend I try and help those less fortunate than myself and

encourage social inclusion

My two favourite quotes:

Churchill Wemakea living by what weget, but wemakea lifeby what wegive.

Kennedy (Robert) Therearethosethat look at things theway theyare, and ask why?I dream of things that never

were,andask whynot.


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1997 Take your medicines

2001 Health the most important

2003 The social determinants of ill health

2006 Education is the key

2008 Education for what a job? no jobs

2010 the interplay between jobs education health longer life with particular attention to stressas a factor across everything and poverty the cause.

How my attitudes have changed as Ihavelearned more.


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The importance of employment and training

Crowded housing- the mother and father of all problems

Low levels of literacy and numeracy few options

Low level job opportunities high unemployment

Plenty of spare time leading to arguments- fighting-

illhealt

h- substance abuse- crime- incarceration - suicides

Get a job

the best form of social welfare available

Consider current scenario in remotecommunities:


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Alleviate poverty

Poverty, is almost, you can

describe is a living in a box, all with

the thick wall, no window, no door,

no light, so you don't know what's

coming next, youh

ave no idea ofnew day starting in different way,

you repeat the same thing over and

over again. No hope, basically. So

you try to survive the day in veryuncertain conditions. So that's

poverty, you have no control over

your life, that's total, that's it.

Muhammad Yunus

Founder Grameen

Bank

NobelPeace Prize

2007


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Create employment through EnterpriseFacilitation

Ernesto Sirolli

Founder Sirolli

Institute - teachescommunity leaders how toestablish and maintainEnterprise Facilitation

projects in their community.

The future of every community lies incapturing the passion, intelligence,imagination and resources of itspeople

Right now in your community, atthis very moment, there is someone

who is dreaming about doing

something to improve his/her lot.

If we could learn how to help thatperson to transform the dream into

meaningful work, we would be

halfway to changing the economic

fortunes of the entire community


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Ladder of learning

Development of hopes, dreams, goals,motivation, skills, knowledge

15 24 years

of age acritical time

of learningWhere to from here?

a Melissa orMelanie


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No dreams, hopes or ambitions amongstyoung people (15-24 yo)

Nauiyu Nambiyu population pro ile

0 50 100 150 200

Pers

s - 0 to 14 years

Persons - 15 years to 24 years




Persons - 55 years and overGeneral Practice Network NorthernTerritory in partnership with theDaly River Community, StrongSpirit Strong BodyNauiyu YouthProgram


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Measure of psychological distress

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Feel sad

Feel depressed

Feeling anxious

Felling lonely

Not sleeping well

Unhappy

15-24 year old people in Nauiyu Nambiyu


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Feelings about self

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Feel not listened to

Suffering from boredom

Feel unimportant or

under alued

Inflicted self harm

Feeling suicidal


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Ot r tr r

0% 0% 0% 60% 80% 00%

N t f

t r t

L r

U

U t r r


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What does the future hold

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

No idea what to do Like a job or career Want further

education



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I had a dream.

I am looking at human detritus [debris] right

here in Darwin, and wonder what dreams theymight have once had for themselves. Whatdreams they might have had for their children?What dreams their children might have had for

themselves? I wonder if people have abandonedthose dreams, what caused them to give up,what is it about the world that surrounds us allthat makes them think that their dreams are

unachievable.

Do Indigenous youth have a

dreamBy Robert BeadmanMenzies Research Centre, Canberra, 2004


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The importance of concentrating oneducating women

CARE knows from experience that investing in theearning power of women yields large benefits in termsof family income and well-being. When women earn,

everyone benefits.


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Insert video

I AM POSWERF


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The story ofMelanie

It took 14 weeks to obtain day one of literacy, language and numeracy training.What do the authorities planning this transition from welfare to work expect peopleto do with their idle time?

Or are they so used to people that do not want anything to happen (like find a job)that when a person wanting to do better they cannot handle the positive nature ofthe inquiry.It appears that the entire system is geared to mediocrity and the Centrelink andjob finding agencies are so used to people that dont want to work that they have nostrategy to help those few that want to make good.

When a 21 year old Aboriginal woman from North East Arnhem

puts up herhand and says I want to do better the supportneeded to make this happen should be available.

Instead when in Darwin to try and make good she is shuffledbetween Centrelink and Job Services Australia agencies andin three months all she gets is appointments no training.

On three occasions the appointments with the JSA agent could not be fulfilledbecause the JSA officer was absent. So much for mutual obligation!


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The story ofMelissa

Never attended school on a regular basis from age 12now 21 years old.

At 15 years was brought from remote community toDarwin withher mother and placed in a HousingCommission flat because she was not attending school.

From 17 years of age lived the life of a long grasser in Darwin drinking, smoking

and getting into trouble with the law.

A relationship with a man turned sour and they were continually in trouble withpolice for fighting, drunkenness and causing a public disturbance.

She was convicted of aggravated assault, infringing an AVO, causing harm toproperty and behaving in a way dangerous to the public and sent to prison for18

months suspended after six months.

On release from prison during which time she gained skills in numeracy, literacyand computer use, she received $6,300 from Centrelink for back payment of adisability pension. Her disability unable to read and write.

She was instructed to attend a 12 week rehabilitation program but failed to

maintain attendance. No penalty has followed.


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The failure of a Government system gearedto mediocrity

We rewardpeople who

do bad

Crime

Court

Jail

Rehab

Job ready

High

recidivism rate


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A vision splendid a new horizon

earning program to include the following: Culture and the pride of being Aboriginal Language, literacy and numeracy Principles of welfare to work

Choosing a career pathoptions available Visits to various work places Visits to cultural and governance institutions e.g. Council, Parliament,

library, NLC Sport and the value of exercise to health living Personal and domestic hygiene Deportment, personal attire and appearance The discipline of a working day.

NEW HORIZONS would bring to Darwin 10-12 young women who say I want to dobetterand run them through a 10 week program of learning, work experience, site

visits and socializing to gain a better understanding of what is required to moveahead in the developed world.


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Everyone needs a job a real jobComing Ready or Not! Aborigines are heading for town -Rev. Steve Etherington PhD

Address to the Bennelong Society Annual Conference, October 2007

IF YOU READ NO FURTHER THAN THIS

Its about jobs: not overcrowding.

Its about jobs; not about culture or ethnicity or missions, orhistory.

Its about jobs: not about grog and drug abuse.

Its about jobs: its not even about child abuse.

All these are merely symptoms of long-term unemployment.

Its about jobs.

All of them [the elders] looked back with great nostalgia

to the era of full employment under the mission. All

articulated despair about their loss of moral direction, of

political control, of their own domestic education, of any

sense of self-worth.


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Some words have been spoken

Towns in the bush will haveproper town plans, privateinvestment, targeted Government

infrastructure and commercialcentres, Mr Henderson said.

It is about a decent lifestyle, jobs,education for our kids, betterhealth and services that are equalwith the rest of country Australia,

Ms Anderson said.

Many things we need can wait,

the child cannot. Now is thetime his bones are being

formed, his blood is beingmade, his mind is being

developed. To him we cannot

say tomorrow, his name is

today.

Gabriel Mistral, Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet


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Lets compare Boorowa (NSW) with Galiwinku (NT)

BoorowaBoorowa2,3 people2,3 people95 houses95 houses

19 retail businesses19 retail businesses

Three hotels, aThree hotels, amotel and a guestmotel and a guest

househouse


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Galiwinku2,3 people152 houses

5 retail

businessesA guest house


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Source ABS Census data 2006


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Each ofthesegrowthtownswould be

able tosustain apharmacybusiness


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Create positionand trainPharmacyTechnician

Employ ownpharmacist

Fund activityfrom PBS and

CDEPThe pharmacy upgrade projecton Bathurst Island employed aregistered pharmacist and four

trainee pharmacy technicians

The need for innovative thinking and action acrosssectors


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Improved compliance througheasy pick up of weeklymedicine pack

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Picked up Websterpaks of possible 170 patie

Expected outcomes

Skilled workers


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First Only put in place services that are able to be

understood, operated and maintained bylocal people.

Second

Have faith in the fact that there are localpeople able to be identified and trained to

undertake the necessary tasksThird

Give responsibility to local people and trustthem to be able to do the job.

Some principles to be established


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Pay individualsPay individuals meet consequences ofmeet consequences ofunun--educated spendeducated spend

$80,000 a fortnight is spent on Ganja and another $80,000 on

tobacco products in a remote NT Aboriginal community.

Centrelink payments a fortnight are $350,000

Poverty is not necessarily a shortage of money


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Theminefield

of themarketplace


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A better way to create employment

Training without employment does little but

occupy trainees Training for certificates not for jobs

Government should not think it alone has theanswers

Government provides infrastructure Enterprise facilitation is not expensive but

returns huge results

People have solutions throughentrepreneurship

We are talking 3rd World conditions

- Lets learn from 3rd

World activity


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Motivating the majority from welfare dependency

Consider the way payments are being made from

CentrelinkA universal social security system

Payments made to individuals

Four communities in North East Arnhem Land

Population 73

Total Centrelink in 12 months $ xx million

Average for every man, woman and child $ xxxxx each

Reduce by $1, each and put balance to a communitydevelopment fund - $7,3 , to be used for microeconomic enterprises

Payments to individuals is NOT building better communities

but perpetuating a welfare dependant mentality

ALLOW CASHING OUT OF

CENTRELINK PAYMENTS FOR

MICRO ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENTS

In this example $7.3 million


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Jobs the best form of welfare

Train for jobs not certificates

Reward those who want to achieveAllow funds for entrepreneurialactivity


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Thank you for your attention

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