Human Rights Commission reportedly missed target on Indigenous jobs

A new report shows the Australian Human Rights Commission failed to meet targets for the employment of Indigenous Australians within its organisation.

The latest annual report for the 2015 financial year shows the commission employed an average of three people who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, according to The Australian.

The AHRC said between 2014-2015 it employed 119.3 people on average, but only 2.3 percent were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

These figures are 0.4 percent lower than federal government expectations, which were set at 2.7 percent by the end of the 2015 financial year.

The chairman of the Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, told the newspaper the figures “were not good enough”.

“They are supposed to be showing leadership in this area,” he said.

“I mean tweedledee, tweedledum: you can’t expect other people to do it if you are not doing it.”

An AHRC spokesperson told the newspaper changes have been made since the report was released and now five of its 115 staff members are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

A report for the 2016 financial year has not been released.