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Assisting Indigenous socioeconomic development

The ILC operates a range of tourism and agricultural businesses that generate income and provide a base for the socioeconomic development of Indigenous peoples. Since 2005, $31 million in capital and operational funding has been provided to establish 14 training centres on the ILC’s agricultural and tourism businesses, including the National Indigenous Tourism Academy at Ayers Rock Resort (Yulara) in the Northern Territory. In 2013–14, the ILC continued to invest significant financial and human resources to support its successful Training to Employment (T2E) Programme. T2E places Indigenous people in real jobs by delivering enterprise-based training with a guaranteed job opportunity for all graduates.

The ILC’s portfolio of tourism businesses continued to maximise Indigenous employment while expanding the suite of Indigenous experiences on offer to local and international tourists. The portfolio – comprising Ayers Rock Resort, NT, Mossman Gorge Centre, Qld, and Home Valley Station, WA – is managed and operated through the wholly-owned subsidiary company, Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia Pty Ltd (Voyages). In collaboration with the ILC and with Australian Government funding assistance, Voyages delivered strong Indigenous employment and training outcomes in 2013–14.

This report provides a strategic overview of the ILC agricultural businesses and their performance beginning at page 11, and a strategic overview of tourism businesses beginning on page 17. A strategic overview of the T2E programme can be found on page 17.