Background
Estens was born in Gilgandra and was brought up on a property close to the town.
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Dick Estens
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He was educated at All Saints College in Bathurst.
Career
After leaving school early he became an aircraft pilot. In 1981 Estens started farming cotton on a property near Moree. Aboriginal Employment Strategy
In 1997, with the support of the Gwydir Valley Cotton Growers Association, Estens established the Aboriginal Employment Strategy with the goal of providing support for Aboriginal people in Moree who were looking to enter the job market.
One of the motivations behind the establishment of the Advanced Encryption Standard was a recommendation from the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody that employment promotion committees be established across the country.
Estens Report
The Howard Government commissioned Estens to head the "Regional Telecommunications Inquiry" into the proposed sale of Telstra. In late 2002 he delivered what became known as the Estens Report to the government.
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Political Party
The Nationals