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Fact Sheet: Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program

Indigenous AffairsRemote Employment
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Publication author(s):
National Indigenous Australians Agency
Publication abstract:

The Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program (RJED) is coming for people living in remote areas of Australia. It will start in the second half of 2024 and create 3000 jobs over three years.

The Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program (RJED) will:

  • create local, paid jobs with good conditions
  • let communities decide what jobs are created
  • be developed in partnership with First Nations peoples.

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