Aboriginal communities

Aboriginal Engagement Team

Transport for NSW has a dedicated Aboriginal Engagement Team across our six regions to help deliver road safety and licensing programs to targeted Aboriginal communities.

The team also help manage Transport's business, legislative and social responsibilities relating to Aboriginal cultural heritage when planning, building and maintaining the NSW road network.

The following staff can help you with finding out more about our programs:

Project Officers, Aboriginal Programs

Cultural Heritage Advisors

Aboriginal heritage and road works

As an organisation that constructs new roads and bridges and maintains thousands of kilometres of road network, Transport for NSW needs to manage the impact of its activities on Aboriginal cultural heritage and meet its legislative responsibilities in an appropriate, practical and culturally sensitive manner.

Employment

Transport has a long history of employing Aboriginal people in its workforce. We have Aboriginal people working in motor registries, call centre, regional offices, head office, road crews, and school crossing traffic controllers and on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

YarnBusters resource

YarnBusters: No Gammin is a DVD produced by Transport for NSW.

In NSW, Aboriginal people are about 1.4 times more likely to be seriously injured in a road crash than non-Aboriginal people. The DVD was produced to increase awareness amongst Aboriginal communities about the benefits of seatbelts, child restraints and the issues to consider before purchasing a vehicle.

Join Luke Carroll and Shari Sebbens as they bust some myths about the best way to stay safe in cars.

The YarnBusters team explore:

  • Whether the flashiest cars are the safest (1:35)
  • The theory that "you'll be right" without a seatbelt (15:41)
  • Why children need to be seated in the right child safety seat to protect them (19:15)

So, are these myths gammin or not? You’ll have to watch to find out!

This video was produced to increase awareness amongst Aboriginal communities about the benefits of seatbelts, child restraints and the issues to consider before purchasing a vehicle.