Current exemptions

Applicant

Program

Sections

Date granted & no. of years

Expiry

​Ability Options Ltd.

​To designate, advertise and recruit positions for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only, including 2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Trainee positions per year, in pursuance of its goal of a 7% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

​8

51

​18.07.2019
(5 years)

17.07.2024​

​Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd

​To designate and recruit up to 75% of executive, senior management, field officer, administration officer and program funded staff positions in the organisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

01.06.2018
(10 years)​

​31.05.2028

​Address Housing Limited 

To recruit women only into any role that deals directly and regularly with the organisation’s tenants. 

25

51

12.10.2017
(10 years)

11.10.2027

To advertise, designate and recruit:

• up to 60 traineeship, cadetship, and employment positions per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only,
• the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mentor

8

51

8

51

Allens

To advertise, recruit and employ up to 10 paid internships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only. 

8

51

22.04.2021 
(5 years)

21.04.2026

8

51

Anglicare NSW South, NSW West and ACT

To advertise, designate and recruit for 21 positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only in persuance of its goal of a 7% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

8

51

07.09.2021
(10 years)

06.09.2031

To advertise, designate and recruit up to: 

• 15 positions per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women only 
• 25 positions per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only 
• 100 positions per year for women only 

8

10

​25

27​

51

8

51

​25

51

​A T Kearney Australia Limited

​To provide two management consulting scholarship per year for women only.

​25

33

51

10.05.2019
(10 years)​

​09.05.2029

8

51

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) and its wholly owned subsidiarie

To run women’s leadership programs and initiatives for women only.

​25

26

27​

51

16.03.2027

​​Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) and its wholly owned subsidiaries

To provide additional superannuation contributions to its female permanent and fixed term employees in New South Wales.

​25

51

52

53

10.06.2025​​

​Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) and its wholly owned subsidiaries

​To administer its Traineeship and Vocational Traineeship Programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, which includes:

1. advertising, designating and recruiting up to 100 trainee positions each year for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only, under an Indigenous School-based Traineeship Program and/or Indigenous Vocational Traineeship Placement through a Registered Training Organisation in NSW
2. offering and providing specialised support through an ANZ Indigenous Acquisition Specialist to Indigenous and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only, during or following a period of any such School-based Traineeship Program or Vocational Traineeship Placement as referred to in (1) above, to obtain employment with ANZ
3. giving preference in making offers of employment to participants in the School-based Traineeship Program or a Vocational Traineeship Placement, who of necessity will be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

10

51

​07.12.2020
(10 years)

​06.12.2030

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) and its wholly owned subsidiaries

​To advertise, recruit and employ for the position of Employee Journey Expert – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Recruitment Programs for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person only.

8

51

​24.06.2021
(5 years)

​23.06.2026

8

51

​25

26

51

​8

51

Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority

To advertise, designate and recruit an internship position for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person only.

​8

51

13.08.2021
(4 years)

12.08.2025

8

51

8

10

51

• Five scholarships per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only; and 
• Two positions per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only, including the role of First Nations Officer. 

​8

17

51

Australian Wildlife Conservancy

To advertise, designate and recruit for one intern per year for its Australian Wildlife Conservancy Ecology & Conservation Internship Program for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person only.

8

51

11.11.2025

Auto Sports Group 

To advertise, designate and recruit for 11 frontline sales positions in the first year and 9 per year for the remaining 4 years for women only. 

25

51

20.04.2021 
(5 years)

19.04.2026

BAE Systems Australia Ltd

BAE Systems Australia Defence Pty Ltd and ASC Shipbuilding Pty Ltd

• to enable the Applicant to ask present and future employees and contractors to declare, to the best of their knowledge and belief, their exact citizenship (including any dual citizenship) and country of birth.
• to require employees to advise of any change to their citizenship status, to identify employees accordingly, and make decisions about recruiting and deploying employees on that basis. Conditions attached - for full details see NSW Government​ Gazette of 4 October 2019. 

8

10

51

52

25.09.2019 
(5 years)

24.09.2024

​Bain International t/a Bain & Company 

​To provide up to two management consulting scholarships per year for women only.

25

33

51

13.11.2029​

​Ballina Shire Council and Novaskill Pty Ltd

To advertise, designate and recruit 10 traineeships and apprenticeships positions for women only in the Corporate and Community, Civil Services and Planning and Environmental Health Divisions.

25

51

16.02.2021
(5 years)

Exemption varied on 16.12.2022

15.02.2026​

​Bathurst Regional Council

​To designate and recruit a trainee Environmental Health Officer position for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only.

​8

51

​24.03.2027

Bathurst Regional Council

​To designate, recruit and employ an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only as a trainee Environmental Health Officer (EHO).

​8

51

​8

51

8

51

8

51

Blue Mountains City Council

To designate and recruit one traineeship position per year for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person only.

8

51

12.01.2032

​BlueScope Steel Limited

• Up to 60 operator and trade roles for women only in the manufacturing business at the Port Kembla site.
• Up to 60 operator and trade roles for women only across other sites in NSW.

​25

51

​18.05.2021
(5 years)

​17.05.2026

Booroongen Djugun Limited

To advertise, designate and recruit positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only including:

• the chief executive officer, training and college manager and the sector support & development officer;
• up to 50% of community care home support and community care support roles;
• up to 50% of administrative support and clerical roles; and
• up to 70% of aged care and clinical roles (including registered nurses, enrolled nurse, nursing assistant team leader, nursing assistant, trainee nursing assistant, cook, kitchen catering assistant and recreation activity officer).

8

51

03.03.2032

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Pty Ltd

​To advertise, designate and recruit up to 5 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within its Consulting and Business Services divisions.

8

51

15.03.2030​

​BreastScreen NSW 

​To recruit and employ female radiographers and nurse counsellors.

25

51​

06.09.2018​
(10 years)

05.09.2028​

8

51

Bupa HI Holdings Pty Ltd

To:

• advertise, designate and recruit roles for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only in pursuit of a 3% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate; 
• implement its First Nations Cultural Leave Policy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

06.03.2032

Capgemini Australia Pty Limited

To:

• Advertise, designate and recruit positions for women only in pursuit of a 40% workforce participation rate, including up to 40% of roles at management level;
• Offer positions only to women, and women over 40 years of age, in its Restart Program;
• Advertise, designate and recruit positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only in pursuit of a 3% workforce participation rate, including up to 3% of roles at management level;
• Offer positions to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only on its digital literacy program.

8

19

25

33

49ZYB

49ZYN

31.10.2026

To designate, advertise and recruit up to:

• six trainee positions for Carer Services, Peer Support and Coaching, Community Engagement and Communications;
• Multiple Aboriginal Outreach workers; and
• Practice Specialist

for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

Caritas Australia

To advertise, designate and recruit the position position of “First Australians Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead” for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person only.

​8

51

16.05.2025

​Charles Sturt University

​To restrict entry to its Djirruwang Program including the Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

17​

51

​31.10.2016
(10 years)

30.10.​2026​

To:

• designate, advertise and recruit for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander management committee members only; 

and 

• give one additional day of leave during National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders only. 

8

51

8

51

​City of Canterbury Bankstown

​To advertise, recruit and employ one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person in the position of Landcare Coordinator.

​8

51

​28.10.2020
(5 years)

27.10.2025​

​City of Newcastle 

​To designate and recruit two apprenticeship or traineeship positions per year for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only.

​8

51

​04.07.2019

03.07.2023​

City of Parramatta Council

To advertise, designate and recruit the position of Keeping Place Officer for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person only; and provide access to sacred materials held at Keeping Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders only.

​8

19

51

04.04.2022
(10 years)

03.04.2032

8

51

To:

• Conduct targeted recruitment programs, including using advertising and specialist recruitment agencies, to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders only; and 
• Fast track Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants only to interview, provided they satisfy the essential role requirements. 

As a condition of this exemption, the City of Sydney Council is required to make public on its careers website its policy of fast tracking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants only to interview, provided they satisfy the essential role requirements. 

8

51

8

51

8

51

8

51

8

51

19.11.2023
(5 years)

Coffs Harbour City Council

To advertise, designate and recruit Trainee Environmental Health Officer positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

14.12.2021
(10 years)

13.12.2031

Colin Biggers & Paisley Pty Limited

To advertise, designate and recruit 5 cadets per year for its 'Indigenous Cadetship program' for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

01.09.2021  
(5 years)

31.08.2026

Community Service Central Coast

To advertise, designate and recruit three traineeship positions for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

31.08.2026

25

51

31.05.2024

(10 years)

​Cumberland Council

​To designate and recruit an Aboriginal Education and Programs officer position for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

​22.10.2018
(10 years)

21.10.2028​

• conduct targeted advertising of women only to support their entry into the All-Women Academy Program in support of advancement and promotion of women in cyber security.
• offer graduate positions of Associate Consultants in Strategy and Consulting, Governance Risk and Compliance and Managed Security Services for women only in pursuance of a 50% workforce participation rate.
  

25

51

8

51

An exemption granted to provide targeted programs and recruitment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, people with a disability, carers, people from racial, ethnic, ethno-religious minority group backgrounds, and refugees and asylum seekers who are eligible to work in Australia.

8

10

25

27​

49D

49F

49V

49X

51

Department of Communities and Justice, Office of the Senior Practitioner

To advertise, designate and recruit the position of Director, Aboriginal Culture in Practice to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person only. 

8

51

17.02.2032

• advertise, designate and recruit for leadership positions and create a talent pool of eligible candidates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only in pursuance of its goal of a 6 % workforce participation rate
• develop talent pools of candidates with a specific disability for Policy and Project roles
• advertise, designate and recruit for pipeline roles and up to 45 % leadership roles for women only

8

10

25

27​

49D

49F

51

8

51

​Australian Partnership of Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young Services Pty Limited;

Ernst & Young Services No 2 Pty Limited;

EY Business Solutions Pty Limited; and

EY Identity Pty Limited,

(collectively, “EY”)

1. designate and recruit a Cultural Safety Officer position for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.
2. where women's representation in the employee population of EY is identified to be below the following employee levels, to designate women only roles and to recruit or promote only female candidates for those positions until the relevant representation is achieved:
   • 50% at graduate level
   • 30% in senior leadership
   • 50% at Senior Manager 4 level and
   • 30% at Partner level
3. where the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the employee population of EY is identified to be below 3%, to designate and recruit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only positions and only consider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates for those positions until 3% representation is achieved; and
4. to implement the following diversity and inclusion programs:
   • leadership development, mentoring and networking programs for female staff
   • networking, advertising, talent sourcing and recruitment campaigns targeting female candidates
   • networking, advertising, talent sourcing and recruitment campaigns targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
   • internship program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only
   • EY Corporate Finance Woman of the Year internship program for women only. 

8

25

51

​23.09.2019
(5 years)

22.09.2024​

​8

51

25

51

​Eurobodalla Shire Council

​To advertise, recruit and employ up to twelve Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in trainee and entry level positions.

​8

51

21.10.2019
(10 years)​

20.10.2029​

25

51

​Financial Rights Legal Centre

​To designate and recruit the position of Financial Counsellor for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person only.

8

51

10.12.2020
(10 years)​

09.12.2030​

8

51

Finder Crew Pty Ltd

To advertise, designate and recruit up to 15 technology graduate positions per year for women only.

25

51

04.04.2022
(5 years)

03.04.2027

​Flowbuilders Pty Ltd

​To designate and recruit up to two customer success analyst trainee positions per year for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only.

​8

51

​31.10.2019
(5 years)

​30.10.2024

​8

51

25

27​

49ZYD

51

Foxtel Group

To advertise, designate and recruit up to 6 positions per year for women only in its sports media and technology graduate program.

25

51

17.02.2032

​GHD Pty Ltd

​8

​19.07.2021
(10 years)

​18.07.2031

​Gilbert + Tobin

​To advertise, designate and recruit up to 8 targeted cadetship roles per year and 2 business administration traineeships per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only and to run the associated Indigenous Legal Cadetship and Indigenous traineeship programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only. 

8

51​

20.08.2020
(10 years)​

​19.08.2030

Google Australia Pty Ltd

To advertise, designate and recruit up to:

• 20 traineeship positions per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only;
• 5 permanent positions per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only;
• 10 internship positions per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

17.02.2032

8

51

​8

51

​Habitat for Humanity

​To advertise, designate and recruit women only for its Social Enterprise and to use women only tradespersons to provide services to accommodation service providers for women.

​25

33​

51

​21.07.2021
(7 years)

​20.07.2028

​Hunter Medical Research Institute

​To provide a medical research fellowship program for women only.

25​

33

51

19.12.2017
(10 years)​

18.12.2027​

8

51

8

51

25

51

To designate and recruit:

• 70 non-traditional trade traineeship and apprenticeship positions for women only
• 70 traineeship and apprenticeship positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

25

51

​Information and Cultural Exchange

​To advertise, designate and recruit for the position of First Nations Program Producer for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only. 

8

51

​20.07.2020
(4 years)

​19.07.2024

​25

51

8

51

• To run women’s leadership, career development and mentoring programs and initiatives for women only
• To advertise, designate, recruit and employ women only to meet 40% target for all roles and 25% target for non-traditional roles
• To advertise, designate and provide scholarships for women only.

25​

33

51

An exemption to the extent necessary to permit the Applicant  to:

• ask present and future employees, contractors and contract workers to disclose their full names;
• ask present and future employees, contractors and contract workers to declare their exact citizenship (including any dual citizenship) and their country of birth;
• require present and future employees, contractors and contract workers to produce a photocopy of their passport(s);
• require present and future employees, contractors and contract workers involved in projects which use the United States International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) Controlled Material, to notify the Applicant of any change to their citizenship or residency status, to the best of their knowledge and belief;
• restrict access, by means of transfer if necessary, to controlled technology to particular members of the Applicant’s workforce, based on their citizenship or country of birth;
• reject applications from prospective employees, contractors and contract workers for positions related to projects which use ITAR Controlled Material, based on the prospective employee, contractor or contract worker’s:

             (i)    citizenship, as declared;

             (ii)    country of birth; or

             (iii)   substantive contacts, where such contacts objectively create an                        unacceptable risk of diversion of ITAR Controlled Material or technology;

       but not on the basis of the prospective employee, contractor or contract                 worker’s descent, or ethnic or ethno-religious or national origin;

• advertise controlled positions with the Applicant as being subject to the Exemption Order;
• record and maintain a register of those employees, contractors and contract workers that are permitted to access ITAR Controlled Material or work on controlled projects due to citizenship, or country of birth status. Access to the register to be limited to only those employees, contractors, contract workers and agents of the Applicant with a need to know;
• ask present and future employees, contractors and contract workers to execute a non-disclosure agreement in accordance with the license or technical assistance agreement required by the Department of State, United States of America, in the event they are authorised to have access to ITAR Controlled Material;
• ask present and future employees, contractors and contract workers to disclose their substantive contacts with individuals from restricted or prohibited countries listed in the ITAR; and
• restrict access, by means of transfer if necessary, to controlled technology to particular members of the Applicant’s workforce, based on their substantive contacts, where such contacts objectively create an unacceptable risk of diversion of ITAR Controlled Material or technology; and
• record and maintain a register of those employees, contractors and contract workers that are permitted to access ITAR Controlled Material or work on controlled projects due to substantive contacts. Access to the register to be limited to only those employees, contractors, contract workers and agents of the Applicant with a need to know.

Conditions attached - for full details, see 5 July 2024 NSW Government Gazette.

8

10

51

52

Joblink Plus Limited

To advertise and designate up to 25 positions in its Indigenous Traineeship Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders only.

8

51

07.09.2021 
(5 years)

06.09.2026

8

51

KU Children's Services

​To advertise, designate and recruit for the positions of Trainee, Cultural Facilitator and Childcare Educator for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

19.10.2019
(5 years)​

18.10.2024​

8

51

8

51

8

51

Leidos Australia Pty Ltd

​Includes: to enable the Applicant to ask present and future employees and contractors to declare, to the best of their knowledge and belief, their:

(i) exact citizenship (including any dual citizenship); and/or

(ii) place of birth;

To identify employees accordingly, require employees to advise the employer of any change in that status, and make decisions about recruiting and deploying employees on that basis.

Conditions attached - for full details, see NSW Government Gazette of 24 December 2019.

8

10

51

52

24.12.2019
(5 years)

23.12.2024​

Linfox Australia Pty Ltd

Includes:

• to enable the Applicant to ask present and future employees and contractors to declare, to the best of their knowledge and belief, their:
  

(i) exact citizenship (including any dual citizenship); and/or

(ii) place of birth;

• To identify employees accordingly, require employees to advise the employer of any change in that status, and make decisions about recruiting and deploying employees on that basis.
  

Conditions attached - for full details, see NSW Government Gazette of 23 August 2019.

8

10

51

52

18.08.2024

• To advertise, designate and recruit the following roles for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only:
  • one Sustainable Tenancy Specialist
  • one Community Program Coordinator
  • one Aboriginal Communities Coordinator
• To advertise, designate and recruit roles for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only in pursuit of a 5% workforce participation rate by 2025.
  
• To implement First Nations Ceremonial Leave Policy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

​Local Government New South Wales

​To designate and recruit the position of Senior Policy Officer - Aboriginal Policy and Programs, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only. 

​8

51

​06.07.2017
(10 years)

05.07.2027​

​8

51

​Macquarie University

​To offer, advertise and facilitate scholarships and fellowships to women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.

25

31A

​51

​10.06.2021
(10 years)

​09.06.2031

17​

51

8

17​

51

Momentum Collective

To advertise, designate and recruit 5 domestic violence case worker roles per year for women only and 3 Specialist Homelessness Services Case Workers per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only.

8

​25

51

17.03.2022

30.06.2024

Moray & Agnew

To advertise, designate and recruit one lawyer for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person only to work under secondment at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.

8

51

01.11.2021
(8 years)

31.10.2029

Narrabri Shire Council

To advertise, designate and recruit Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Health Environmental Traineeship positions for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

51

06.03.2032

An exemption is given to:

• designate, advertise and recruit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only for the role of Customer Field Technician Trainee,
• designate, advertise and recruit women only for the role of Customer Field Technician Trainee in pursuance of its target to reach 70% women recruits in CFT Trainee roles and 40% women in leadership positions, and in support of its intention to increase the representation of women in Field-based roles to closer to 50%.

8

25

51

Applicant

Program

Sections

Date granted & no. of years

Expiry

​Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group

​To advertise, designate and recruit for up to 10 women only for technical and engineering roles and apprentice and graduate trade-based engineering roles.

​25

51

​11.09.2020
(5 years)

​10.09.2025

​Northern Rivers Community legal Centre

​To designate and recruit two positions for women only as solicitors specialising in family law and/or care and protection

​25

51

​06.07.17
(10 years)

05.07.2027​

​8

51

8

51

​NSWALC Employment and Training Ltd

​To:
a) advertise, designate and recruit the following roles for Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait   Islander persons only: General Manager (1 FTE); Manager Partnerships (1 FTE); Aboriginal Services Designer (1 FTE); Business Analyst (0.5 FTE); Administrative Assistant (1.0 FTE); and

b) advertise, designate and recruit up to 20 other non-frontline roles in pursuance of its goal of up 80% Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander employees.  

8

51

​11.06.2020
(5 years)

​10.06.2025

NSW Aboriginal Land Council

To advertise, designate and recruit roles for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only in pursuance of its goal of a 75% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

8

51

04.04.2022

03.04.2027

NSW Council for Intellectual Disability

To advertise, designate and recruit project worker and project assistant roles for people who self-identify as having an intellectual disability.

49D

51

15.03.2032

​NSW Crown Solicitors Office

To advertise, designate and recruit two graduate solicitor positions per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only

​8

51

​01.07.2020
(6 years)

30.06.2026​

​NSW Department of Family and Community Services

​​To advertise, recruit and employ up to ten female specialist domestic violence caseworkers, one female specialist domestic violence assistant manager and one female specialist domestic violence manager.

​25

51

01.06.2026​

​NSW Department of Justice

​To implement its ‘Women in Leadership’ and ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Leadership’ programs.

8

25

51​

​04.04.2017
(9 years)

03.04.2026​​

To:

• Offer professional development programs and initiatives to women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only; and
• Advertise, designate and recruit nine senior leadership positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

8

25

51

8

51

Parramatta City Council

To advertise, recruit and employ the position of Host and Guide for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person only.

8

51

11.10.2021
(10 years)

10.10.2031

​Path4 Group Pty Ltd

​See The National Association of Women in Operations. 

​

​

​

​Penrith City Council

​To designate and recruit a Specialist Aboriginal Child Care Worker position for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

​8

51

23.05.2018
(10 years)​

​22.05.2028

​Penrith City Council

​To recruit and employ up to six Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in traineeship/entry level positions.

​​8

51

20.09.2019
(10 years)​

​19.09.2029

​Penrith City Council

​To advertise, designate and recruit for the positions of ‘Aboriginal Community Resilience Officer - Graduate’ and ‘Senior Policy Officer’ for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

​​8

51

​25.06.2021
(5 years)

​24.06.2026

• 30 women for a leadership program which includes 15 women mentors and 15 women mentees
• up to 4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the roles of Individual Advocate

8

25

51

​Price Waterhouse Coopers Services Pty Ltd

​To advertise and implement a Cultural Leave Policy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

​8

51

​28.01.2021
(10 years)

​27.01.2031

• up to 2 paid internships positions per year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only; and
• positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only, in pursuit of a 5% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

​8

51

​Protech Personnel Pty Ltd and Dreampath Recruitment Pty Ltd 

​To advertise, designate and recruit for a maximum of 100 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only and 50 positions for women only in each business.

​8

25

51

16.04.2020
(5 years)​

​15.04.2025

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

​To advertise, designate and recruit for the position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice Solicitor/Senior Solicitor for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

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16.12.2020
(10 years)​

15.12.2030​

Public Interest Advocacy Centre 

To advertise, designate and recruit 2 graduate positions per year as a part of its Shopfront & Public Interest Advocacy Centre Aboriginal Social Justice Graduate Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only. 

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23.04.2021 
(variation of order on 23.02.2021) 

(10 years)

22.02.2031

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Qantas Group and subsidiaries

To advertise, designate and recruit roles for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only in pursuance of a 3% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

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07.01.2032

To advertise, designate and recruit positions for:

• Women only in pursuit of a 7% workforce participation rate for non-traditional roles,
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only in pursuit of a 3% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

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Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd

Includes: to enable the Applicant to ask present and future employees and contractors to declare, to the best of their knowledge and belief, their:

(i) exact citizenship (including any dual citizenship); and/or

(ii) place of birth;

To identify employees accordingly, require employees to advise the employer of any change in that status, and make decisions about recruiting and deploying employees on that basis.

Conditions attached - for full details, see NSW Government Gazette of 23 August 2019.

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10

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19.08.2019
(5 years)

18.08.2024  

ReachOut Australia

To advertise, designate and recruit positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only to achieve a 7% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

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27.04.2032

​Redfern Legal Centre

​To advertise, designate and recruit one paralegal position for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person only.

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13.07.2021
(5 years)

12.07.2026​

The exemption includes:

• to enable the Applicant to ask present and future employees and contractors to declare, to the best of their knowledge and belief, their exact citizenship (including any dual citizenship) and country of birth.
• To require employees to advise of any change to their citizenship status, to identify employees accordingly, and make decisions about recruiting and deploying employees on that basis. Conditions attached - for full details see NSW Government Gazette.

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Seek Limited

To advertise and offer one scholarship per year in the Strategy team for women only. 

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01.11.2021
(10 years)

31.10.2031

​Serco Australia Pty Ltd

• up to 50% of Correctional Case Officer and/or Supervisor positions at Clarence Correctional Centre for females only; and
• up to 8% of Correctional Staff positions at Clarence Correctional Centre for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only; where Correctional Staff means any position at Clarence Correctional Centre including, but not limited to: Nurses (Health Services), Trade Instructors and Supervisors (Trades and Industries), Program Delivery Officers (Rehabilitation and Reintegration), Indigenous Cultural Advisor (Rehabilitation and Reintegration) and Administration roles (Centre Services).

8

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​12.08.2019
(5 years)

11.08.2024​

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​Sydney Water Corporation

​To advertise, designate and recruit for the position of Indigenous Inclusion Specialist for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person only.

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​20.08.2020
(5 years)

​19.08.2025

Sydney Water Corporation

To advertise, designate and recuit for up to 10 positions per year for women only.

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16.12.2026

​Talent Gap Pty Ltd

​To provide reruitment and career development services to female candidates only. This exemption will be in force for 10 years.

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51

17.01.2019
(10 years)​

​16.01.2029

​Tamworth Regional Council

​To designate and recruit a Trainee Environmental Health Officer position for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

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19.12.2017
(Revoked)

Variation of exemption order 13.07.2021
(6 years)​

12.07.2027
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The Australia Institute Ltd 

To advertise and recruit up to 4 women aged 18-27 per year for a graduate style fellowship program. 

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33

51

31.03.2021
(6 years)

30.03.2027

​The Man Centre Pty Ltd

​To designate and recruit positions for men only as employees or contractors.

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27

51

​16.07.2018
(10 years)

15.07.2028​

​The Red Cross Society

​Advertise, recruit and employ three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Administration Assistant Trainees in New South Wales.

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​22.04.2016
(10 years)

21.04.2026​

ThoughtWorks Australia Pty Ltd

​To advertise and recruit positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only, in pursuance of its goal of a 50% workforce participation rate in its First Nations Delivery Centre program and a 3% overall workforce participation rate.

8

51

10.06.2021
(5 years)​

09.06.2026​

TPG Telecom Limited

(formerly Vodafone Hutchinson Australia Pty Ltd)

​To provide additional superannuation contributions to its permanent full-time, permanent part-time and casual female employees in NSW.

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Variation of order on 21.01.2022

14.04.2016
(10 years)

13.04.2026​

Tranby Aboriginal College

see Gilbert & Tobin (above)

  ​

To implement diversity and inclusion programs for designated target groups including;

1. Women 
2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
3. People with a specific disability
4. People under the age of 25
5. Refugees and migrants on a relevant visa

For full details, see NSW Government Gazette of 9 June 2023.

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10

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27

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51

​Tweed Shire Council

​To advertise, designate and recruit for the trainee position of ‘Aboriginal Town Planner’ for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

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51

​10.06.2021
(6 years)

​09.06.2027

​University of Newcastle

• Professorial/Level E positions for women only in pursuance of its goal to achieve a 40 % workforce participation rate of women in professorial/Level E positions;
• Positions for women only in STEMM (at all levels) where underrepresentation of women exists; and
• Positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders only in pursuance of its goal of a 3.9 % Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

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25

51

31A

​18.11.2019
(5 years)

​17.11.2024

​University of New South Wales​

​To designate and recruit professional and academic positions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only, in pursuance of its goal of a 3% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

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51

​15.06.2018

​31.12.2025

​University of New South Wales

​To designate and recruit senior academic positions for women only in faculties where the percentage of women in senior academic roles is below 40%.

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51​

16.05.2019
(fixed term)​

​31.12.2025

25

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51

University of Sydney

To offer, advertise and facilitate Programs for women only across disciplines where there is a gender imbalance for a period of 10 years.

25

31A

51

07.09.2021    (10 years)

06.09.2031

University of Sydney

​To conduct targeted recruitment programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons and for women.

8

25

51

10.10.2026

​University of Sydney

​To offer, advertise and facilitate scholarships for women only in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine and finance.

31A

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25.07.2019​
(10 years)

24.07.2029​

​​University of Sydney

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​15.03.2021

Exemption varied on 03.07.2023

​31.12.2030

University of Technology Sydney

See Gilbert & Tobin (above)

​University of Technology Sydney

​To offer, advertise and facilitate scholarships for women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine, and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons.

17

31A

51​

​13.04.2017
(10 years)

12.04.2027​

​University of Technology Sydney

• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Diploma in Professional Engineering Practice;
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Arts in lnternational Studies;
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Business;
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Bachelor of Architecture; 
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Product Design; 
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Bachelor of Creative lntelligence and lnnovation; 
• Bachelor of lnformation Technology;
• Bachelor of Science in lnformation Technology, Diploma in Professional lT Practice;
• Bachelor of Computing Science (Honours);
• Bachelor of Science in Games Development; 
• Bachelor of Science in lnformation Technology, Bachelor of Business; 
• Bachelor of Science in lnformation Technology, Bachelor of Arts in lnternational Studies; 
• Bachelor of Science in lnformation Technology, Bachelor of Creative lntelligence and lnnovation;
• Bachelor of Construction Project Management

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51

15.03.2019
(10 years)

​

14.03.2029​

​University of Technology Sydney

​To advertise, designate and recruit targeted roles for Aboriginal and Torres Islander persons only as part of the strategic target of reaching 3% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff by 2023 and targeted senior roles for women only with an emphasis on STEMM disciplines, as part of a target of 40% women academic staff.

8

25

51​

​20.05.2020
(10 years)

19.05.2030​

​University of Wollongong

​To conduct targeted recruitment programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons as trainees in the School of Medicine - Graduate Medicine in the Faculty of Science Medicine and Health.

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51

​14.12.2016
(10 years)

​​13.12.2026

​University of Wollongong

​To advertise, designate and recruit academic positions for women only applicants, to designate 50% of postgraduate scholarships for women and to run career development activities and programs for women only, in pursuance of its goal to increase the number of women in academic positions to 40%.

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51​

​16.04.2020
(5 years)

​15.04.2025

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51

​Wagga Wagga City Council

​To designate and recruit positions for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons only, in pursuance of its goal of a 6% Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander workforce participation rate.

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51​

​27.07.2029

​Western NSW Community Centre Inc

​Advertise, recruit and employ one female specialist domestic violence unit senior solicitor and one female specialist domestic violence unit case worker.

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33

51

28.04.2016
(10 years)​

27.04.2026​

​Westpac Banking Corporation

​To:

• Designate, advertise and recruit roles for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only in pursuit of a 3 % workforce participation rate by 2028
• Prioritise extending permanent employment offers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals who possess the requisite skills or attributes including participants in the Indigenous traineeship or internship programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons only.

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51

​29.09.2023
(10 years)

28.09.2033​

​Wollongong City Council 

​To designate and recruit the position of Engagement Officer for Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander persons only.

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51

​14.09.2018
(10 years)

​13.09.2028

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51

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51

​​Women's Housing Company

​To designate and recruit up to twenty five female staff member positions and appoint up to nine female directors

Varied 22/10/2018 as follows:

1) With effect from the date of this Order, the Exemption Order of 21 November 2016 is amended to permit Women’s Housing Company Limited to designate, advertise and recruit 7 additional staff member positions, up to a maximum of 32 staff, for women only.

2) The duration of the exemption remains the same and will remain in force for a period of 10 years from 21 November 2016.

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51

​21.11.2016
(10 years)

​​20.11.2026