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Aspiring Indigenous men and women hone their cattle skills in the Red Centre
Kendrick James, 19, and Lettoya Haji-Ali, 18, are huddled together in the middle of the cattle yard with the rest of their team.
Key points:
- NTCA’s Real Jobs Program is giving young Indigenous men and women the skills they need in the cattle industry
- At the end of the program the participants are given a job on a Northern Territory cattle station
- Participants are keen to inspire other youths in communities to join up
A small mob of droughtmaster heifers are standing in the corner, uninterested and chewing on their cud.
The white-barked gumtrees that surround the yards play a watchful audience, curious as to what the outcome of the impromptu team meeting will be.
Mr James and Ms Haji-Ali are part of the Real Jobs Program, an initiative run by…
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