Labor to reinstate CDEP in Top End
Patricia Karvelas; 30/4/08
Labor has reversed itself over a key reform to indigenous welfare, returning Aborigines in 30 remote communities in the Northern Territory to the work-for-the-dole scheme it promised to replace. The Rudd Government will not introduce a replacement for the Community Development Employment Project scheme until July 1 next year. The Howard government abolished CDEP when it announced the emergency intervention in 73 communities last June, but the Rudd Government halted the process after it was elected and instead promised to modify the CDEP scheme. The decision comes on top of other key delays, including a decision to put on hold a Department of Homeland Security, a Coastguard and the sealing of a commonwealth-state funding agreement.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23620654-5013871,00.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Welfare Reform