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===Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders initiatives=== Qantas, through its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programme, has some links with the Aboriginal Australian community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/australian-organisations-unite-to-support-uluru-statement-from-the-heart/|title=Australian organisations unite to support Uluru Statement from the Heart β News and Events {{!}} Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia|last=Phillips|first=Yasmine|date=29 May 2019|website=News and Events|language=en|access-date=31 March 2020|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318115650/https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/australian-organisations-unite-to-support-uluru-statement-from-the-heart/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Qantas Reconciliation Action Plan 2015 β 2018, Qantas revealed that 1 percent of all their staff are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Qantas Reconciliation Action Plan 2015 β 2018|url=https://www.qantas.com/infodetail/about/community/reconciliation-action-plan-2015-2018.pdf|access-date=11 January 2021|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112090228/https://www.qantas.com/infodetail/about/community/reconciliation-action-plan-2015-2018.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Qantas employs a full-time Diversity Coordinator, who is responsible for the programme.<ref name="AboriginalTorresStraitIslanderProgramme">{{cite web|url=http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/employment/aboriginalInit|title=Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders Initiatives|access-date=23 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421141837/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/employment/aboriginalInit|archive-date=21 April 2007}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=March 2020}} Qantas has also bought and donated Aboriginal art. An art installation at its passenger lounge in Brisbane features a painting by Jenna Lee.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Archibald-Binge|first=Ella|date=18 October 2016|title=Indigenous artwork to greet international Qantas passengers|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/10/18/indigenous-artwork-greet-international-qantas-passengers|access-date=14 November 2020|website=[[National Indigenous Television]]|language=en|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026053239/http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/10/18/indigenous-artwork-greet-international-qantas-passengers|url-status=live}}</ref> Qantas has had a number of its aircraft painted with the art of Aboriginal artist [[Emily Kame Kngwarreye]] and others with art inspired by [[Rene Kulitja]] and [[Paddy Bedford]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morelli|first=Laura|date=15 February 2018|title=Anmatyerre artist's work on latest Qantas aircraft|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/02/15/anmatyerre-artists-work-latest-qantas-aircraft|access-date=14 November 2020|website=[[National Indigenous Television]]|language=en|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115231026/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/02/15/anmatyerre-artists-work-latest-qantas-aircraft|url-status=live}}</ref>
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