Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Graduate Stories

Everyone in the graduate program has such a different background and that’s what makes it great. We all bring something different to our teams and work really well together.

Everyone in the department brings their own skill sets and knowledge to the different teams.

I love knowing that I am contributing to Australian public policy in a meaningful way.

As a specialist legal graduate, Eleanor worked in the department’s legal branches providing a broad range of legal advice to business areas within the department.

What we do has a direct effect on the country. A policy we come up with could change what childcare providers have to do, or how easily they can access information.

Jack studied Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Development Studies at the University of Adelaide and is now a Government Lawyer at the department.