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The '''The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP)''' was an initiative by the [[Australian Government]] for the employment of [[Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP)|url=http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/services/cdep.htm|publisher=Centrelink.gov.au|accessdate=20 May 2012}}</ref>

One way in which the CDEP funds, along with those of another federal government program, the Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP), were deployed was via the [[Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission]] (ATSIC) to [[Outstation (Aboriginal community)|outstations]] (homelands) across the [[Northern Territory]] (until ATSIC was dismantled by the [[Howard government]] in 2004).<ref>{{cite book | editor-last1=Peterson | editor-first1=Nicolas | editor-last2=Myers | editor-first2=Fred | title=Experiments in self-determination: Histories of the outstation movement in Australia| website=ANU Press | chapter=10. Homelands as outstations of public policy|first1=Kingsley|last1= Palmer | url=http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p331981/html/ch10.xhtml|series= Monographs in Anthropology|isbn=9781925022902|date=January 2016|publisher=ANU Press| access-date=16 August 2020|p=186}}</ref> It provided a flexible basic income support.<ref name=lrn>{{cite journal|url=https://www.nlc.org.au/uploads/pdfs/LRN-April-2017-WEB.pdf|work=Land Rights News (Northern Edition)|publisher=Northern Land Council|date=April 2017|issue=2|title=When Homelands Were Celebrated|first=Jon|last=Altman|access-date=16 August 2020|pp=9–11}}</ref>

On 23 July 2007, the [[Howard Government]] announced the abolition of the CDEP scheme in the [[Northern Territory]].

The scheme had an estimated 7,500 participants. The Government planned to progressively abolish projects in urban areas of Australia by July 2009, and in remote areas by July 2011.

On 23 July 2007, during the [[Northern Territory National Emergency Response]] ("the Intervention"), the Howard government announced the abolition of the CDEP scheme in the [[Northern Territory]]. The scheme had an estimated 7,500 participants. The Government planned to progressively abolish projects in urban areas of Australia by July 2009, and in remote areas by July 2011.{{cn}}

In July 2009, CDEP was replaced with [[Job Services Australia]] in regions with “established economies”. In remote areas, new participants were redirected to income support direct from [[Centrelink]].

In July 2009, CDEP was replaced with [[Job Services Australia]] in regions with “established economies”. In remote areas, new participants were redirected to income support direct from [[Centrelink]].{{cn}} In the homelands, it was replaced with the Community Development Program, a [[Work for the Dole|work-for-the-dole]] scheme, requiring unemployed people to work five hours a day, five days a week in supervised work or training.<ref name=lrn/>

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