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how Blak women are working to build safer workplaces

  • Written by Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Director, Indigenous Business Hub, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland
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Blak women make up a growing part of the Australian workforce, with 57% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 15 to 64 employed in 2022-23 (the latest figures we have). That’s a significant gain from 45% just four years earlier.

However, it’s still well below the Closing the Gap target of 62% employment....

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