26 August 2026
The Tasmanian State Service Aboriginal Employment Strategy 2026 represents our ongoing commitment to ensuring the Tasmanian State Service is a place where Aboriginal employees are respected, valued and supported to thrive.
Aboriginal leadership and perspective already enrich our service in powerful ways. Through cultural knowledge and practices, professional expertise, and everyday contribution, Aboriginal employees strengthen our work and deepen our connection to the communities we serve. Our responsibility is to recognise this leadership, make space for it, and value it in all that we do.
Since the release of the first strategy in 2019, there has been a significant cultural shift across the Service. This has included a lift in the visibility of Aboriginal people and culture and more recognition and respect generally across departments.
To help shape the future of Aboriginal employment in the Tasmanian State Service, extensive consultation with key stakeholders was undertaken to inform and develop the new Strategy. Government agencies were pivotal to the development, led by the Aboriginal Employee Network, ensuring Aboriginal employees voices are central to the work we continue to undertake under the new Strategy.
Supporting the strategy is the first three-year Aboriginal Employment Action Plan 2026-2028, which sets out practical initiatives to strengthen capability, improve systems and embed a consistent whole-of-service approach.
One of the key targets to be tracked in the action plan is increasing the representation of Aboriginal people working in the Tasmanian State Service from 3.65 per cent (2024) to 4.5 per cent (2028).
Aboriginal employment is everyone’s business. We encourage you to read the Aboriginal Employment Strategy 2026 and action plan.
Across the Tasmanian State Service, we respectfully acknowledge the traditional custodians of Country, Tasmanian Aboriginal People. We acknowledge and recognise their deep spiritual connections and relationships to Land, Sea, and Sky Country, since time began. We pay our respects to Aboriginal Elders, past and present, and acknowledge their important role in sharing knowledge and practices, keeping culture strong today. We value the contributions Aboriginal people working in the Tasmanian State Service make on a daily basis.
