Increasing Indigenous Employment Opportunity: Proposed reforms to the CDEP and Indigenous Employment Programs 

Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program and Indigenous Employment Program (IEP) are the key reforms to making progress on the Government's aim of halving the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a decade.

This discussion paper details the Government’s proposed model of Indigenous employment program reform. It builds on feedback from the first round of consultations on the future of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program and the Indigenous Employment Program (IEP).