The government will consider ways to attract and retain more First Nations public servants in the lead-up to the federal budget, as it tries to lift the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the APS to 5 per cent of the workforce by 2030.
The commitment is part of a broad suite of public service reforms promised by the Albanese government at the 2022 election.
The APS employed 5799 First Nations people in December 2022, its employment data release showed, representing 3.6 per cent of the workforce of 161,645 people.
