Equal Opportunity Tasmania

This exemption was granted to permit Cancer Council Tasmania to recruit and employ an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander to the position of Aboriginal Quitline Counsellor and Liaison Officer on the basis that:

• The position assists in the development and implementation of culturally safe and appropriate
  tobacco smoking cessation advice and counselling to Aboriginal people and Tasmania's Aboriginal
  community;
• The Council's employment strategy is reviewed regularly to ensure it promotes equal
  opportunity in employment through an increase of representation and retention of Aboriginal and/or
  Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout the organisation; and
• The position aligns with the Australian Government's  Closing the Gap Tackling Indigenous
  Smoking initiative and strategic framework to ensure Quitline services provides culturally safe
  services for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia (Tasmania).