Outcomes

Internship Program - making a difference

• Over 6,400 applications received.
• Over 2,700 internships arranged have provided over 524,000 hours of additional capacity
• Over 185 Aurora Hosts working in the Indigenous sector, including 101(54%) Indigenous organisations
• Approx. $16 million of cost savings and productivity gains. 
• 631 internship alumni (27%) employed in the sector since inception.

• Of our 162 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander interns placed to date, 32 (20%) have undertaken paid roles in the Indigenous sector.

• 125 internships arranged for Indigenous funded participants since the provision of Commonwealth scholarship funded internships

• ​All of these alumni noted that their decision to work in the sector was greatly influenced by their Aurora internship.

• Placement of Indigenous students is a high priority – 90% of Indigenous applicants are selected for placement, compared to 46% of non-Indigenous applicants.

• 8 alumni have been awarded Rhodes scholarships