Victoria's Treasurer admits lack of Indigenous staff is unacceptable

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Treasurer, Tim Pallas said the government could consider adopting a model like gender responsive budgeting for First Nations people but did not provide a timeline.

Just one Indigenous person works at Victoria's treasury department as the state government weighs up budgeting measures focused on First Peoples. Treasurer Tim Pallas revealed the employment figure on Wednesday, which truth telling inquiry commissioners decried as inadequate in 2024. The number was down from three people in recent years, from a staff of almost 650.

"That sort of trajectory makes sense, that government would look at how do we, first, resource it in an administrative sense, what are the outcomes that we're looking to get, what is the advice we're looking to get," Mr Pallas said. "Then, look at the journey that gender responsive budgeting has been on ... and how translatable would that legislation be in terms of First Peoples.

 

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