Employment helps families develop resilience, access better housing and build wealth and independence over time. However, Aboriginal people in Western Australia's regions are more likely than non-Aboriginal people to be without work, especially those living in remote areas.

Aboriginal workforce participation gets worse with remoteness due to a range of factors, such as:

• low levels of private sector economic activity
• the structure of local job markets
• local housing markets
• education and training participation rates
• underlying and entrenched disadvantage.

In the longer-term, the State Government will seek to:

• foster regional economic growth and jobs, consistent with the Kimberley and Pilbara Regional Investment Blueprints
• work with the Commonwealth Government through its Community Development Program to connect job seekers with jobs, build job seeker capability, and enforce job-seeking requirements.