New push for indigenous mining jobs in Qld

The Queensland government has promised $100,000 to help get more indigenous people into mining jobs.

The government has renewed a jobs partnership with the Queensland Resources Council, which has also committed $100,000.

Treasurer Curtis Pitt said a new memorandum of understanding would be concluded this month, and would focus on ways to get more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into work in the resources sector.

The partnership has been in place since 2007.