The Opportunities for Victorian Aboriginal people objective focuses on generating employment and economic prosperity by purchasing from Victorian Aboriginal businesses and purchasing from suppliers employing Victorian Aboriginal people.
Since 2018-19 there have been fluctuations in direct spend with certified Aboriginal businesses, reflecting the varying needs of Government. Between 2021–22 and 2022–23 increases in expenditure with certified Victorian Aboriginal businesses were primarily attributed to the following projects and services:
- rebuild of Puckapunyal Primary School after it was significantly damaged by a fire in December 2020
- construction of 5 Female Amenities at Road Services Depots
- upgrade and modernisation of Hopetoun P-12 College
- Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) facility infrastructure
- road construction projects (refer to case study on Award winning Aboriginal procurement)
- cultural consultations for planned projects, developments and initiatives to occur on Wurundjeri lands
- cultural heritage services
- development of the Munarra Centre (refer to case study The Victorian Government helping create regional excellence in education)
Direct spend with verified Aboriginal Businesses between 2018–19 and 2022–23
Graph 1: Direct spend with verified Aboriginal Businesses between 2018–19 and 2022–23
In 2019–20 there was a COVID-19 related spike due to significant spend on personal protective equipment for whole-of-Victorian-Government.
To read more about the impact of this objective, see Social procurement: Case studies, Opportunities for Victorian Aboriginal people.
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