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Outcomes

Internship Program - making a difference

  • Over 7,400 applications received.
  • Over 3,000 internships arranged have provided over 577,500 hours of additional capacity
  • Over 200 Aurora Hosts working in the Indigenous sector, including 117(54%) Indigenous organisations
  • Approx. $13 million of cost savings and productivity gains. 
  • 881 internship alumni (35%) employed in the sector since inception

  • 296 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander interns placed to date 

  • 72 (32%) Indigenous alumni have undertaken paid roles in the Indigenous sector.

  • 206 Indigenous funded internships arranged 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; 2 alumni have been awarded the Monash Scholarship.