Support is available for those affected by the NSW floods. Resources and information can be found at the NSW Flood Assistance and Resources page.
The NSW Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment to begin consultation about a treaty process with applications open for three commissioners to undertake this work.
The NSW Government is committed to a 12-month consultation process with Aboriginal communities on their aspirations for a Treaty framework or other formal agreement making process, to be led by three dedicated Commissioners.
Aboriginal businesses are being invited to a special Aboriginal Business Roundtable event in Wagga Wagga on Tuesday 23 April 2024 from 12.30pm to 4.30pm.
17-December-2019
After seven years leading Aboriginal Affairs in NSW to become a national leader in Aboriginal affairs policy, Deputy Secretary Jason Ardler has announced he is leaving the NSW Public Sector.
Jason’s tenure at Aboriginal Affairs NSW has left a significant legacy, including the NSW Government’s Aboriginal affairs plan: OCHRE and Stolen Generations Repatriation Scheme. Jason initiated the proposal for the introduction of the NSW Aboriginal Languages Act 2017, the first of its kind in Australia, as well as Local Decision Making, the framework for formal agreement making with NSW Aboriginal communities that has influenced the introduction of similar frameworks across the country.
Jason was awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours for outstanding public service to Indigenous people in NSW and was recently made a Distinguished Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government for his outstanding contribution to public management.
Jason’s last day at Aboriginal Affairs NSW is Friday 20 December 2019, after which he will spend some time with his family before taking up the Sir James Wolfensohn Public Service Scholarship at Harvard University in the United States in February 2020. We wish him all the best for the next chapter of his journey.
Executive Director of Strategy and Coordination at the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) Ben Gales will act in the Deputy Secretary role until permanent arrangements are finalised.