The Sustainable Victorian regions objective seeks to generate employment for those living in postcodes identified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (in the Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage) as experiencing the greatest relative socio-economic disadvantage.
Case Study: Creating work for people living in regions with entrenched disadvantage through school construction
The Victorian Schools Building Authority (VSBA) is helping support local communities through the construction of a new school in Officer. During the 2022–23 financial year, 82 people living in regions of entrenched disadvantage were employed by SJ Higgins, the contractor, engaged by VSBA to construct the Kurmile Primary School.
To read more about the impact of this objective, see Social procurement: Case studies, Sustainable Victorian regions.
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