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Richard Lucas Estens (born 1949 in Gilgandra, New South Wales) is an Australian cotton farmer and businessman.




Early life


Estens was born in Gilgandra and was brought up on a property close to the town. He was educated at All Saints College in Bathurst. After leaving school early he became an aircraft pilot.




Cotton farming


In 1981, Estens started farming cotton on a property near Moree.




Public life






= Aboriginal Employment Strategy

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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 AES was a recommendation from the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody that employment promotion committees be established across the country.




= Estens Report

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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.




= Recognition

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In 2004 Estens was awarded the Human Rights Medal by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
Estens was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in June 2009.




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