"Great workshops, very beneficial for me and my corporation"
Past Attendee, Building supportive funding arrangements & strengthening corporate governance workshop. June, 2010"A very interactive workshop that I benefited from - excellent!"
Past Attendee, Building supportive funding arrangements & strengthening corporate governance Workshop. June, 2010About your masterclass leader:
Consultant and former Deputy Secretary
Federal Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
Until recently, Bernie had oversight of whole-ofgovernment Indigenous policy development, the network of Indigenous Coordination Centres across Australia and FaHCSIA’s program funding arrangements. This included a key role with the COAG Closing the Gap strategy and national partnership agreements aimed at reaching targets in early childhood, education and employment.
Bernie has worked across a wide range of Government agencies with policy and service delivery responsibilities including treasury, employment and industrial relations, ATSIC and FaHCSIA. He has been involved in reforming how Government agencies do business with Indigenous organisations, aimed at reducing red-tape and providing more certain and simplified funding arrangements. He was involved in steps to support the establishment of a new representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; and represented the Australian Government at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Bernie is now consulting with Indigenous organisations and Government agencies to help improve how they work together.
