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SUBMISSION TO THE SENATE REVIEW INTO LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROTECT CFA VOLUNTEERS.

THE FAIR WORK AMENDMENT (RESPECT FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES VOLUNTEERS ) BILL 2016.

I wish to make a submission in support of the Fair Work Amendment (Respect for Emergency Services Volunteers) Bill 2016.
As a member of The Country Women’s Association of Victoria Inc, I am very concerned about the effect the proposed CFA EBA with the UFU will have on the safety and welfare of our communities especially in rural and remote areas.

Under the proposed UFU EBA with the CFA, support to volunteers is restricted, the role of volunteers is eroded and volunteers are blocked from being involved in proper consultation in matters affecting them.
The proposed UFU EBA with the CFA does not recognise the experience of local volunteers, both men and women, it does not recognise local knowledge when fighting large campaign fires, and seeks to impose inexperienced paid fire fighters into a command position.

This will place our communities at great risk and discriminates against both the men and women emergency services volunteers.

We would certainly be at risk of losing some or many of those volunteers along with their experience and knowledge.
It will also destroy the integrated fire fighting model which has served our communities so well .

Currently there are many part time positions (such as BASO—Brigade administrative Support Officer), which are filled by non-operational CFA members.

If these positions were to be filled by paid fire fighters (and by definition UFU members), this could be gender discriminatory as many of these roles are currently filled by women.
These positions provide flexible part time work fitting in well not only with family and work requirements of those filling the roles, but also with the brigades themselves.
Without this amendment, this act could have unintended flow on consequences for not only the CFA and other emergency services, but also for schools where volunteers come in to hear reading or help out with other activities, for hospitals where volunteers fill many roles from helping to care for those in palliative care to arranging the flowers of the patients.

The CWA itself has a very small paid workforce to support the voluntary work of the members.
It would be a tragedy for our communities if the work of The Country Women’s Association of Victoria Inc was detrimentally affected by unintentional consequences of this proposed CFA UFU EBA.

Janette O’Keefe Fair Work Amendment (Respect for Emergency Services Volunteers) Bill 2016 [provisions]Submission 149
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From: Sarah Joseph If possible, I wish to clarify my point about sexual harassment, and the use of the word "offend".

The word was lifted from the SDA and put into s18C.

In my view, sexual harassment is a different type of act to a racist speech act.

The more precise analogy would be misogynistic or sexist speech.

I am not trying to say that sexual harassment is a worse/better act than racist speech.
I am trying to say they are different acts so one can't just lift the concepts associated with one and apply them to the other.

It's not quite oranges and apples, but it might be oranges and mandarins.

Cheers Sarah
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Dear Committee, I believe that the proposed protection for volunteers is an important amendment to the Fair Work Act, however I believe the changes should be more generic.

Fair Work was originally set up to deal with negotiations between an employer and employees.

Clearly, the EBA between CFA and UFU in question has many clauses that impact volunteers and the manner in which CFA operations are undertaken.
Given that CFA was originally established to aid volunteer brigades, whose members far outnumber paid employees it is non-sensical that those volunteers can be impacted, yet have no avenue to be represented in the relevant Fair Work proceedings.

Clearly the existing legislation was not designed with such an organisation in mind.
The revised legislation needs to over-ride clauses that impact volunteers or the CFAâ€™s operations making use of those resources, and in addition needs to provide for volunteer submissions regardless of the views of the union or CFA.

It should be noted that while the EBA and letter of intent seek to rule out impacts, the only way to really do this is to remove the offending clauses.
The assertion that there is no impact to volunteers fighting â€œbushfires in regional and remote areasâ€ is offensive to volunteers in urban areas who primarily are engaged in fighting structural fires.

Changes that have been made to the EBA do not address the issue that there is no recognition of volunteer brigades in regard to their ability to support paid crews in respect of the 7 dispatched.

This clearly impacts CFAâ€™s operational practises in regard to how resources are dispatched.
While not of direct relevance to me, I believe another issue that arises is that the EBA seeks to convert existing administrative employees to Firefighters, hence prompting a change of union membership for those concerned.

This would appear to be potentially to the detriment of the union currently representing those concerned, yet they also have no input to the proceedings.
Yours Sincerely, Ian Lewis Secretary Selby Fire Brigade Fair Work Amendment (Respect for Emergency Services Volunteers) Bill 2016 [provisions]Submission 40
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I am very concerned about ongoing legislation concerning sex discrimination.

People of the same sex have always had the right to live together.

They have fought for and gained acknowledgement of their status.

I abhor the flaunting of sexuality by anyone, straight or homosexuals.

I am deeply concerned about a lot of teaching concerning homosexuality to young teenagers.
It seems that many young teens go through a difficult stage regarding their sexuality, and some can have a strong "crush" on a person of the same sex, and then go through this stage to become a normal heterosexual.

My concern is that many of these people could become "fixed" at this stage, thinking that they are homosexual, and doing so could deny them the normal delights of a heterosexual marriage and family.
I am also very concerned about possible criminal charges against very upright and law abiding ministers of religion and others who follow their conscience and refuse to marry, (make a cake, wedding dress, or other) for those proposing a homosexual marriage when there are others quite happy to do so.

Such people are usually busy building up the community in one way or another.

If charges are brought against them, it is not only very destructive personally, but also weakens the society.
It is much more difficult to build something positive than it is to destroy, whether by word or action.

Criminal charges of this nature are beginning to destabilize our community.

It can make you want to throw away other important social values.

Sincerely, Carol Nance Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students) Bill 2018Submission 672
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Domestic Violence in Belize Motion, 2022.
WHEREAS, Domestic Violence is recognized as a widespread international public health and human rights issue which, in all its forms, has tremendous physical, mental and emotional consequences on its victims, children and other family members and has far reaching detrimental social, health and economic impacts on nations; AND WHEREAS, Domestic Violence constitutes abuse including physical, psychological, sexual, emotional, financial or other aggressions, inflicted by people in the family environment or in intimate partner relationships, which generally targets the most vulnerable populations, namely girls, women and older adults, and almost always occurs inside a residence and most often at the home of the victim or the perpetrator; AND WHEREAS, it is established that Domestic Violence is a crime and a violation of human rights which affects every member of our community and if the cycle is not broken it continues to tear apart our families and our social fabric; AND WHEREAS, as reported by the Belize Crime Observatory, at least 60% of Domestic Violence cases registered during 2020, were the result of intimate partner violence; AND WHEREAS, the Belize Crime Observatory reported that during January to November 2021, there were 2,155 reports of Domestic Violence to the police where 78% of these reports were made by females and 32% of these cases are open cases; AND WHEREAS, an effective response to Domestic Violence requires a multi- sectoral approach to ensure prevention, protection, and provision of services for survivors and successful prosecution of perpetrators; AND WHEREAS, Plan Belize, through the implementation of a progressive Women’s Agenda, aims to strengthen and expand measures to ensure the safety and security of women and children by, inter alia:      holding a zero-tolerance position on violence against women; financially supporting the operation of emergency shelters and transitional homes for women and their children; implementing the domestic violence and sexual violence laws and protocols for the protection of women and children; providing free counselling and legal aid service for survivors of violence; and supporting mandatory counselling for perpetrators of domestic violence; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House: 1.
Denounces and condemns Domestic Violence, in all its forms, as a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights; 2.

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Supports the call for additional resources to further strengthen the interventions, safeguards and public awareness required to effectively address Domestic Violence in Belize; Will undertake legislative review aimed at filling gaps and putting in the necessary reforms for the response to Domestic Violence; As national leaders, takes a zero-tolerance position with regard to Domestic Violence; Prioritizes Domestic Violence as a national issue of significance and pledges to take individual and collective actions to end this plague in our constituencies.
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PRESS RELEASE News About: Call for an Entrepreneurship incubator: Export development and market opportunities in the handcraft sector.
Media Contact: Ayanna Baptiste 481-1006, Jacqueline Yearwood 481-1015 and Office 481- 1001 Application Open for Young Caribbean Entrepreneurs in the handcraft field within the cultural and creative industries The Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority and the office of the Prime Minister’s Entrepreneurial Development Fund is pleased to announce that the Caribbean Export Development Agency in collaboration with UNESCO has launched an incubator initiative to support the Cultural and Creative industries.
Through this initiative, creative and scalable project ideas within the handcraft sub-sector of the Cultural and Creative Industries and in their early stages of generation, will be able to strengthen their export promotion skills, new market entry opportunities and regional network building.

The Entrepreneurship and Incubator component aims to strengthen capacities for the development of new cultural projects, self-employment and start-up/scale-up activities.
The innovative and entrepreneurial project development supported by the Programme will improve beneficiaries’ access to new knowledge, markets, management models and sources of funding.

During this six-week program, from August 2023 to early September 2023, participants will engage in a variety of enriching activities designed to enhance Artisans entrepreneurial skills.

The Application Process, Eligibility Criteria and Deadline for Submission Applications are now open and will close on July 31, 2023.
To apply, follow these steps.

Applicants should apply through this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XZMFRTC to provide personal data, and information on their handcraft business and or entrepreneurship initiative/project.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Antigua & Barbuda Investment Authority No.

9 Factory Road • P. O.

Box 80 • (Sagicor Financial Centre) St. John’s • Antigua T: + 1 268 481-1000 • F: + 1 268 481-1020 • W: www.investantiguabarbuda.org 1.

Age: Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years old.

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Applicants must be citizens and permanent residents of Antigua & Barbuda.

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Professional requirements: young entrepreneurs with an early-stage business initiative /project within the handcraft field of the cultural and creative sector.

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At the time of application, candidates will also be asked to provide the following supporting documents: a.

Portfolio with evidence of work related to the handcraft field within the culture and creative industries sector.

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Digital copy of your ID or passport.


5.

The deadline for submitting the applications is 31 July 2023, at 23:59 Paris time (UTC +2h) Successful applicants will be notified no later than 18 August 2023.

Antigua & Barbuda Investment Authority No.

9 Factory Road • P. O.

Box 80 • (Sagicor Financial Centre) St. John’s • Antigua T: + 1 268 481-1000 • F: + 1 268 481-1020 • W: www.investantiguabarbuda.org
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LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Unijiims (CAP.

452 1 CHAPTER 452 THE UNIFORMS ACT Arrangement of Sections Section 1.

Short title.

2.

Interpretation.

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Prohibition of wearing military uniforms without authority.

4.

Bringing contempt on uniform.

UNIFORMS (1st May, 1902.)

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This Act may be cited as the Uniforms Act.

Short title.

2.

In this Act- Interpretation.
"Her Majesty's military forces" means the regular forces, the reserve forces and the auxiliary forces, Imperial, Indian or colonial, other than the naval coast volunteers and naval volunteers: "Her Majesty's naval forces" means the navy, the naval coast volunteers and the naval volunteers: "the auxiliary forces" means the militia, the yeomanry, and the volunteers; "the regular forces" means officers and soldiers who by their commission, terms of enlistment, or otherwise LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CAP.
452) are liable to render continuously.

for a term, military service to Her Majesty in any part of the world; " h e reserve forces" means the army reserve force and the militia reserve force.

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(1) It shall not be lawful for any person not serving in Her Majesty's military forces to wear without the Governor-General's permission, the uniform of any of those forces or any dress having the appearance or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of any such uniform: Provided that this enactment shall not prevent any person from wearing any uniform or dress in the course of a stage play, whether performed in public or private, or in the course of a music hall or circus performance, or in the course of any bon6jde military representation.
(2) If any person contravenes this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

4.
If any person not serving in Her Majesty's naval or military forces wears without the Governor-General's permission the uniform of any of those forces or any dress having the appearance or bearing of any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of any such uniform in such a manner or under such circumstances as to be likely to bring contempt upon that uniform or employs any other person so to wear that uniform or dress, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.
Prohibition of wearing military d O m w i t h o u t authority.

Brinegcontempt on uniform.
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C E L E B R A T I N G 1 2 0 Y E A R S O F P A H O Looking forward, leaving no one behind.
JANUARY 29 30 World Leprosy Day World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day MARCH MAY 4 15 World Cancer Day International Childhood Cancer Day FEBRUARY 3 4 8 9 4-11 22 24 World Birth Defects Day World Obesity Day International Women's Day World Kidney Day Salt Awareness Week World Water Day World Tuberculosis Day World Health Day 7 World Chagas Disease Day 14 23-29 Vaccination Week in the Americas 25 28 World Malaria Day World Day for Safety and Health at Work APRIL 5 8-14 12 15 17 21 21-30 28 31 World Hand Hygiene Day & International Day of the Midwife 7th UN Global Road Safety Week & Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week International Nurses Day International Day of Families World Hypertension Day World Breastfeeding Protection Day 76th World Health Assembly International Day of Action for Women’s Health World No Tobacco Day Caribbean Nutrition Day World Environment Day World Food Safety Day World Blood Donor Day World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 1 5 7 14 15 26-30 PAHO’s 172nd Session of the Executive Committee International Day Against Drug Abuse 26 JUNE JULY 25 28 World Drowning Prevention Day World Hepatitis Day SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER 1-7 9 12 19 World Breastfeeding Week International Day of the World's Indigenous People International Youth Day World Humanitarian Day AUGUST Childhood Cancer Awareness Month International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies Caribbean Wellness Day World Suicide Prevention Day 7 9 10 9-15 Wellness Week in the Americas 17 18-24 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Week World Patient Safety Day 25-29 28 29 in Latin America PAHO’s 60th Directing Council/75th Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas World Rabies Day World Heart Day Breast Cancer Awareness Month OCTOBER International Day of the Elderly Inter-American Water Day World Mental Health Day International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction World Hospice and Palliative Care Day World Sight Day World Handwashing Day 1 7 10 13 14 14 15 16-22 Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Week in the Caribbean International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 22-28 World Polio Day 24 World Stroke Day 29 Malaria Day in the Americas Diabetes Day World Day of Prematurity 6 14 17 18-24 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 19 19 World Toilet Day World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 DECEMBER 25 Nov – 10 Dec 16 Days of Action for the Elimination of Violence against Women 1 2 3 10 12 World AIDS Day 121st Anniversary of PAHO International Day of Persons with Disabilities Human Rights Day Universal Health Day 2023 www.paho.org •�525 23rd St. N.W.
Washington DC 20037 2023
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Dear Sir/Madam, I am one of the applicants for General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa.

I have viewed the new announcement from the website of Parliament of Australia, which is regarding of Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010 [Provisions].

I am really surprised to see this new amendment.

We have followed the rules and legislations of Australia since I started my high school course here, the bachelor & master degree successfully.
Within those studying period, I become more aware and more understanding of this Country.

After I graduated, I decided to lodge the application for General Skilled Migration Visa in the earlier of 2009. finished then I I did fulfil the requirements of Australian Migration when I lodged the application, and I was going to live in this lovely Country for my rest of life, I started to look for the relevant job & build my family in this Country after the graduation.
1 and half years later, my life has changed a lot compared with the time that I graduated.

Now I am having a really good job in a property development company and doing job, also responsible of dealing with Australian Taxation Office for tax purposes, which is related to my study courses in my bachelor & master degrees.

My partner & I both have the stable income and we just bought a new car in last month.
Both our parents also decide to support us to purchase the property for our personal occupying recently.
the accounting Back to the this new amendment, If it will be adopted since next financial year, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship will be given the right to ask us to leave this Country in anytime if they think that is ok. Then our lives in here will be totally changed, according to this new amendment, we might not fully concentrate on our jobs any more, and we will worry about which day we will be banished out of this country.
For economy reason, I do not think that will encourage the consumption & trading within this Country either.

After you have seen the above situation, do you still want to adopt that amendment for Migration?

I believe there will be more graduated overseas students have the same situation with me, we have already started our lives in Australia even we haven’t get the permanent resident visa yet.

We still have confidence that we could bring more contribution to this country.
We pride of being a part of this Country.

Please!

Please do not adopt this amendment!

Your decision might affect the whole lives of thousands of potential talented people.

Your faithfully One of the applicants of General Skilled Migration Visa
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Ministry of Education, Sports & Creative Industries Government Complex, Queen Elizabeth Highway St. John’s, Antigua Tel: 462-0192/462-0193/462-0198/462-0199 Overseas: 268-462-4959/1051 Fax: 268-462-4970 Director of Education’s Statement on Transfers ST. JOHN’S, Antigua & Barbuda –Friday 7th July, 2023………Director of Education, Clare Browne, wishes to inform the general public that transfers will not be granted to parents/guardians making requests on behalf of Grade Six students, unless in unique circumstances.
Already, the Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries is bombarded with requests for alternative secondary school placements following the release of results on Friday.

According to Mr. Browne, in the unique circumstances, the reasons for the requests must be compelling and will be carefully reviewed before a decision is made to grant or deny said request.
Further, requests must be made in writing to Director of Education, Clare Browne, Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries, Government Office Complex, Queen Elizabeth Highway.

Decisions will be communicated to applicants via letters.

Appointments to meet with the Director of Education are not being allowed.

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