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		News Release: Indigenous worker recognised in State award Date 3/12/03 No 224/03 The University of New England’s Indigenous Employment Coordinator, Mr Steve Widders, has been recognised in a State-wide award for his “encouragement and inspiration”. Mr Widders, who is blind, was a finalist in the NSW Aboriginal Employment and Business Awards held in Sydney. The Deputy Premier of NSW, Dr Andrew Refshauge, presented the awards, organised by the NSW Department of Education and Training, Department of State and Regional Development, and Department of Aboriginal Affairs. The NSW Aboriginal Employment and Business Awards were first presented in 1999. The awards provide formal public recognition of outcomes achieved for Aboriginal people through Aboriginal employment and small business. They honour four areas of employment: "private employer", "State Government agency", "local council", and "Aboriginal employment coordinator" (in which Mr Widders was a finalist).     “It was a great honour to take part in the awards and be selected as a finalist,” Mr Widders said. He has been employed at UNE for the past two-and-a-half years and is a “source of encouragement and inspiration for his clients, his fellow staff and the general community through his commitment to employment and training opportunities for Aboriginal people," the award organisers said. Mr Loftus Harris, Director-General, Department of State and Regional Development, representing Mr David Campbell, the Minister for Small Business, Minister for Regional Development, and Minister for the Illawarra, attended the function and presented the Business Awards. Media contact: Steve Widders, Indigenous Employment Coordinator, UNE, Armidale (02) 6773 5104 or Lydia Clifford, UNE, Armidale (02) 6773 2779.

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