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Partner name: Full Year Totals Full Year Payable UKPRN CONTRACT DATE Crossland and Dudson AEB 16-18 Study Programme 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships 19+ Loans £172,252.73 £131,736.29 10031229 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 Royal Borough of Greenwich 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Appenticeships £11,292.99 £9,034.40 10003990 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 James Education 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships 19+ Loans £90,191.40 £72,153.12 10052618 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 Mercia 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships 19+ Loans £91,175.49 £72,910.39 10004303 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 Presidency London College 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships 19+ Loans £709,889.12 £567,911.30 10035735 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 Skills Training 16-18 Apprenticeships £13,381.23 £10,704.98 10005897 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 Abacus Training 16-18 Apprenticeships £687,759.54 £550,207.65 10035281 1/08/2015-31/07/2016
19+ Apprenticeships 19+ Loans Abacus Academy (Trainploy) 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships £276,697.49 £221,358.00 10048503 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 Welcome Skills 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships £762,287.59 £609,830.07 10029829 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 FSN 16-18 Apprenticeships £23,183.02 £18,546.42 10010323 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 Yorkwall Training Acadamy (GFTS) 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships £16,373.95 £13,099.15 10040392 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 All Dimension 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships 19+ Loans £221,204.79 £176,963.84 10032555 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 Darley 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships 19+ Loans £45,656.64 £36,525.32 10009200 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 Tempus 16-18 Apprenticeships 19+ Apprenticeships £68,869.65 £55,127.72 10011159 1/08/2015-31/07/2016 KS Training 16-18 Apprenticeships £528,064.85 £422,451.88 10036736 1/08/2015-31/07/2016
Hartpury College Sub-contracted provision name UKPRN of Contract start date Contract end date Type of provision Funding paid by SFA in relation to provision delivered by on an annual basis £ Funding paid to £ Funding retained by the College £ Rugby Football Development 10030612 1st August 2017 31st July 2018 Classroom based learning Maximum of £60,000 Maximum of £35,400 Maximum of £24,600 Gloucestershire Football Association 10030568 1st August 2017 31st July 2018 Classroom based learning Maximum of £400,000 Maximum of £280,000 Maximum of £120,000 Rugby Football Development 10030612 1st August 2016 31st July 2017 Classroom based learning £521,001 £364,701 £156,300 Gloucestershire Football Association 10030568 1st August 2016 31st July 2017 Classroom based learning £26,221 £15,733 £10,488
What is the total expected number of Enrolled Students (as defined in Schedule 1 of the Smart and Skilled Contract Terms and Conditions) who may be involved with the proposed subcontracting arrangement (if applicable)? Of the expected total number of Enrolled Students (as defined in Schedule 1 of the Smart and Skilled Contract Terms and Conditions) how many would be associated with NSW Government priorities? Including: Disadvantaged groups Type – please identify: Regional and rural communities Apprenticeships The NSW Infrastructure Skills Legacy Program Jobs of Tomorrow Scholarships National Insurance Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) workforce development Other (please specify) Do you have an Agreement with the proposed subcontractor (third party) that clearly identifies roles and responsibilities and includes the Schedule of Fees? YES NO If YES, please provide this agreement as part of your application. If NO, this application cannot proceed. What risks have been identified in connection with this subcontracting application? (Set out all risks (contingent or otherwise) including all potential negative impacts on students) NVR Standards risks Smart and Skilled Contract compliance risks Financial Cap risks Student risks Capacity for Provider to deliver training should the subcontractor not be able to fulfil their obligations Reputational risks Other risks How will the Provider manage these risks? (Set out all details including references to the relevant parts of any agreement with the proposed subcontracted third party)
expertise in order to provide a holistic service to the individual. engaging specialist skills in order to deliver a strategy under the service agreement. The sole trader should be a member of professional organisation such as the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency or another similarly accredited organisation. Disability Professional Service providers Service providers have subcontracting arrangements, partnership and consortium arrangements in order to provide holistic services to individuals. Acceptable, but must submit Request to subcontract form. The Commission is supportive of these professional arrangements and has forwarded its position under separate advice to service providers who operate under the panel contract for therapy services. In all other cases and where indicated above, a formal request must be submitted to the Commission before a service provider can subcontract any aspect of direct service delivery to another organisation or person. Please complete the Request to subcontract form template below and provide a signed copy to your Service Contract and Development Officer. You will be advised in writing if consent is given or not given to subcontract and any conditions associated. Should you have further enquiries about subcontracting, please email Thank you Maynard Rye Manager, Strategic Support, Sector Engagement and Development Directorate Disability Services Commission 10 November 2016 Review date: November 2017 Request to subcontract Requesting Panel Provider Service agreement title and number (DSC……..) if applicable Contact details of person responsible for service agreement at organisation Name: Phone: Email:
M. C. Dean, Inc Vendor and Subcontractor Survey All prospective subcontractors/suppliers interested in working on M. C. Dean, Inc., projects are required to complete this questionnaire. The contents of this questionnaire will be considered confidential and used solely to determine your firm’s qualifications and will not be disclosed to others. If your procedures require, M.C. Dean will sign a non-disclosure agreement with your company. Please direct any questions and return the completed form to: . PLEASE WRITE CLEARLY! Company Contact Information Business Name: Contact Person and Title: Address: Telephone number: Fax number: _________________________ Email: Website Address: Up to what size single project do you want to be prequalified for? $ M. C. Dean, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions and are treated during employment without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by law. As a government contractor, we comply with government regulations and affirmative action responsibilities.
Schedule of Services & Payment: The sub-contractor will provide LSA’s client with the following services: LSA will pay the contractor the following for services provided: Rate:____________________________________________________________ Total Amount:_____________________________________________________ Payable:_________________________________________________________
Section 8 – Risk Assessments and Method Statements – To be completed by the Subcontractor Who is responsible for carrying out risk assessments and method statements for your company? What are the most significant hazards associated with your work? Please provide copies of your current risk assessments relevant to the work you will undertake with Ian Williams? Please ensure they documents and checked and approved by an Ian Williams Contracts Manager before submitting. General risk assessments Copies enclosed? Yes No CoSHH risk assessments Copies enclosed? Yes No Manual Handling risk assessments Copies enclosed? Yes No Specific risk assessments Copies enclosed? Yes No Other risk assessments Copies enclosed? Yes No Please provide a sample method statement Copies enclosed? Yes No Section 9 – Safety advice – To be completed by the Subcontractor Who provides you with competent health and safety advice? Name In-house or consultant? Qualifications Telephone Email Company Core Activity Section 10 – Enforcement Actions – To be completed by the Subcontractor Has any enforcement action been taken or any prosecutions brought against your company in the past three years by the Health and Safety Executive, Local Authority or the Environment Agency? Yes No Provide details and resulting actions Section 11 – Audit and Inspection – To be completed by the Subcontractor How do you monitor your health and safety standards? (Please provide copy of any inspections or audits that either you or your consultant has carried out).
State Services: State Services-R: Service Delivery (SD), State Services (SS), and RW Supplemental (RW Sup) Performance Measure #2 Applicant shall provide ______ Units of Service in each funded service category in a contract year as specified in contract. (Use the Table 2 in your most recent contract.) Instructions: Report 1: State if you met your estimated goals for RWSD, SS, and/or RW Sup (if applicable) during the appropriate reporting period (see cover page of the report) of the current contract year. This will be indicated by the percentage with which you achieve your past and current performance goals (e.g. 98% of goal). Also include a justification for any identified past/current underperformance/over performance per funded service category and provide details on action steps (e.g. outreach, restrict eligibility, etc…) taken towards amelioration. Report 2: State if you met your estimated UOS goals for the appropriate reporting period (see cover page of the report) of the current contact year for SD, SS, and/or RW Sup (if applicable). This will be indicated by the percentage with which you achieve your past and current performance goals (e.g. 98% of goal). Also include a justification for any identified current underperformance/over performance per funded service category and provide details on action steps (e.g. outreach, restrict eligibility, etc…) taken towards amelioration. Ryan White SD:
LBS Adult Learning Subcontracted Partners’ SFA Funding Allocation 2016-2017 All these contracts start on 01 August 2016 and end on 31 July 2017 Adult Skills Budget (ASB) Community Learning Fund (CLF) Legal entity name of subcontractor as it appears on companies house register Registered charity/company number UKPRN Funding allocation Actual paid To be confirmed after the end of the contract year Strive Training (London) Limited 8933327 10045306 £54,250 CLF Learning Unlimited Limited 07769795, 2011 10034297 £54,000 CLF Reprezent 05238736 10021342 £63,000 ASB £13,750 CLF Blackfriars Settlement 00031105 10000752 £21,000 ASB £26,000 CLF Flux Studios Sole trader 10023778 £23,250 London Wildlife Trust (The) 01600379 283895 10031393 £24,250 Walworth Garden Limited 1060863/ 3312510 10021504 £14,000 ASB £58,250 CLF Stepping Stones 1110583 10031400 £22,500 CLF The funding allocation to subcontractors is made after retaining 15 per cent of gross SFA allocation for management costs – this includes the costs associated with due process for procurement and contracting, and 15 per cent for a range of administrative and quality assurance support measures. Full details are described in the Supply Chain Fees and Charges Policy.
WORKERS COMPENSATION Policy number and period current (14) WC Statutory Limits box checked (15) Employers Liability Limits of $1,000,000 Each Accident, $1,000,000 Disease Each Employee, and $1,000,000 Disease Policy Limit (16) Waiver of subrogation endorsement in favor of certificate holder – See Sample Endorsement EXCESS LIABILITY (IF REQUIRED BY CONTRACT) Policy number and period current (17) Occurrence Form (18) Each Occurrence Limit / Aggregate Limit of (19) OTHER COVERAGE - (IF REQUIRED BY CONTRACT) Policy number and period current (20) Each Occurrence Limit / Aggregate Limit of (21) Double-click on icon below for sample certificate and endorsements:
Competent Person Log Instructions: Please indicate your company's "Competent Person" for each section below. OSHA defines a "competent person" as one who is capable of identifying existing & predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous to employees and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them. Qualification Key Documented Training = T Valid Education = VE Please attach all training and/or education documentation Competent Person Category Required by Scope Name(s) Qualifications Remarks General Safety: PPE: Material Handling & Storage: Welding and Cutting: Electrical: Scaffolds: Fall Protection: Cranes, Forklifts & Motorized Equipment: Excavations: Concrete Construction: Masonry: Steel Erection: Demolition: Blasting: Ladders: Asbestos: Confined Spaces: Other:
these er, even Lifecycle offering offering, tare based on Trustee assumptions. Objective: The superannuation system complements a stable financial system and does not impede long-term improvements in efficiency Against this objective, it is noted there is1 criteria and 2 indicators proposed. Criteria Comment Are there material systemic risks in the superannuation system? Criteria supported Objective: The superannuation system provides insurance that meets members’ needs and preferences Against this objective, it is noted there are 2 criteria and 14 indicators proposed. Criteria Comment Do Funds offer insurance products that meet members’ needs? Criteria supported Are the costs of insurance being minimised given the type and level of cover? Criteria supported Refer above
“student-centred learning” — which has become the focus of much modern education — into “student-centred teaching”. Shalvey Primary School near Mount Druitt in Sydney’s western suburbs is one of the 400 schools. Principal Tanya Rose said the school had been trying, unsuccessfully, for many years to improve learning outcomes. “In years gone by, I’ve seen a lot of kids go into Year 3 still learning to read and those numbers have been reduced. Now we have kids ready to read to learn,” she said. “At the end of last year, we had 60 per cent on target, and it’s quite a high target.” Ms Rose attributed the success to a more individualised teaching approach, with students taught in small groups and teachers intervening early with struggling students. Student progress is tracked on a “data wall”, which features every child’s face, and students even track their own progress, moving rockets or balloons on a vertical line as they pass each stage. The other main factor is the in-school professional development provided by Lydia Berger, so that teachers are given the skills and strategies to suit their children’s immediate needs, rather than the previous method of heading off to a day-long seminar. “We have this sense of urgency. A few years ago, kids would come into kindergarten and we’d give them a term to settle in and it was a bit slower paced,” she said. “While we still recognise they’re settling into school, there’s more a sense of urgency to get things started.” NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli said the early evidence from the action plan, which started in 2012, was “quite startling. In the four years I have been minister, in terms of changing results and changing schools, this is the thing I’m most proud of. What I like about it is every student gets the benefit of the skills of the best teachers in the school, as opposed to the luck of the draw,” he said.
Second submission to draft HFE report by Peter Brohier 17th November 2017 Western Australians are paying more while Canberra and Hobart keeps Tasmania poor. My committees acted as the catalysts for the integration of Tasmania into the national economy by making Bass Strait ferries a part of the national highway. We met the purpose of federation- by finally linking all the colonies though the movement of people, by the introduction of the BSPVES - having a net present value in the billions. Whilst the Coalition announced it was going to ‘expand’ the equalisation scheme, Canberra then, five years from the schemes inception, later, scrapped Tasmania’s chance of full integration by failing to continue to equalize. Tasmania has done nothing to rectify this. Its people under federation are entitled to the benefits of an integrated economy, not a separate one., Canberra has torn up a very valuable interstate, inter-capital highway and redirected its funding to massive subsidies, favoring leisure holidays to Tasmania and the core accommodation sector, driving directly about 7% not 70% of the Tasmanian economy. The scheme is now indexed by CPI, not the former ‘cost of road travel’. $50 foot passenger fare proposed PM Howard, at a time when a car was transported a no cost, were rejected. The intent of federation is not being respected. This move, against the Interests of Tasmania, was either not thought out or intentional. Now it is endorsed by the Federal Minister for Transport.
The University considers that its position on this issue is consistent with the consideration of the Commission as shown in its Overview Statement: Labour is not just an ordinary input. There are ethical and community norms about the way in which a country treats its employees. Without regulation, employees are likely to have much less bargaining power than employers, with adverse outcomes for their wages and conditions. In the alternative, on this issue Australian Catholic University supports the submission from Catholic Commission for Employment Relations (CCER). The CCER submission recommends two options that would create a more active filtering process based on merit for claims of alleged unfair dismissal (please see extract attached). For the consideration of the Productivity Commission. Pauline Croxon Senior Employment Relations Officer Australian Catholic University Copy to: Mr Stuart Andrews, Australian Higher Education Industrial Association Attachment 1: “CCER Submission: Proposals for consideration CCER has considered two potential solutions to address the public policy problem of ‘go-away money’ for applications that are without merit. The problem identified may otherwise be described as a lack of a filter to reduce or eliminate meritless applications. As an opening disclaimer, CCER acknowledges there is no such thing as a perfect system and there are arguments against the proposals below. Where possible, we have briefly highlighted them to assist the public discussion. One significant impact of both of the proposals outlined below is that by reducing meritless claims, it would allow additional time for the FWC to deal with legitimate applications. Broadly, the Productivity Commission should consider the competing values of a system that is efficient yet geared towards ‘go-away money’; compared to a system that takes longer but is arguably fairer on employers, and that has in place appropriate disincentives for meritless applicants. A model flow chart has been provided for each of the proposals outlined below. Introduce a preliminary merit based assessment process prior to listing a conciliation At present, all claims irrespective of merit, are listed for conciliation as matter of course. The avenue for settlement is therefore immediately available.
Hi PC, You should also look into the implications of having many super-wealthy people using Superannuation for tax minimisation. Generous perks given to previous generations do not need to be grandfathered if those people have already profited handsomely from them. Super needs to be taken back to a provision for the typical worker to be looked after in retirement without burdening the budget, and without becoming a tax subsidy for the most wealthy. Regards, Tom
Friday, 27 October 2016 NBN contractor arrives (name and contact details can be provided) and confirms that the issue is with a botch job on the NBN comms board. He raised concerns about the technical level of some of the being used (reluctantly). Plug had literally been pulled from the socket. Plug re-inserted and all systems were working again once rebooted and tested. LJ Hooker confirmed that no further success or resolution from Telstra was gained. It was only through NTDC logging it as a new issue with their service provider that it was resolved eventually in over a week’s time. Operations were crippled!
Attachment A: Summary of Responses Recommendation NFF Position 3.1 The Australian Government should amend the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to establish a Minimum Standards Division as part of the Fair Work Commission. This Division would have responsibility for minimum wages and modern awards. All other functions of the Fair Work Commission should remain in a Tribunal Division. Support 3.2 The Australian Government should amend s. 629 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to stipulate that new appointments of the President, Vice Presidents, Deputy Presidents and Commissioners of the Fair Work Commission be for periods of five years, with the possibility of reappointment at the end of this period, subject to a merit-based performance review undertaken jointly by an independent expert appointment panel and (excepting with regard to their own appointment) the President. Current non-judicial Members should also be subject to a performance review based on the duration of their current appointment. Existing Members with five or more years of service would be subject to review within three years from the commencement of these appointment processes with reviews to be staggered to reduce disruption. Non-judicial Members with fewer than five years of service would be reviewed at between three to five years, depending on the date of their appointment. Support. Recommend consideration of the existing process for AHRC Commissioners. Caution against too much emphasis on performance management if fixed appointments are introduced. 3.3 The Australian Government should amend the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) to change the appointment processes for Members of the Fair Work Commission. The amendments would stipulate that: • an independent expert appointment panel should be established by the Australian Government and state and territory governments • members of the appointment panel should not have had previous direct roles in industrial Support.
2009 (Cth). 21.1 The Fair Work Ombudsman should be given additional resources for investigation and audits of employers suspected of underpaying migrant workers (including those in breach of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)). The Migration Act should be amended so that employers can be fined by at least the value of any unpaid wages and conditions to migrants working in breach of the Migration Act, in addition to the existing penalties under the Act. Encourage greater emphasis on education and collaboration to lift compliance. Do not support any extension of liability of third parties for contractor breaches. 22.1 The Australian Government should amend the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) so that an employee’s terms and conditions of employment would not transfer to their new employment when the change was at his or her own instigation. Support.
THE AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION REPLY TO PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION DRAFT REPORT OVERVIEW Productivity Commission 18 September 2015 Australia’s recent labour market performance does not suggest a dysfunctional system General point on industrial regulation The Draft Report contains some important general insights about recurring issues within Australian industrial relations.
LGIS considers that practices among local governments in Queensland to determine value for money and project viability are quite varied in robustness and in many instances non-existent. Small to medium-sized local governments in particular often lack in-house specialist or technical expertise to prepare an appropriate business case for proposed projects. LGIS has observed examples where decisions were made based on a technical design made to fit a budget, without a full understanding of the project need, feasibility, risks or costs. This can result in cost overruns due to scope and /or vision creep. LGIS has also observed examples where project scope is reduced or a portion of the project deferred due to actual costs being greater than the original project estimates (due to a lack of process) resulting in the project being significantly different than that originally proposed. The lack of robust and sound decision making practices as well as the lack of in-house capability increases the risk of poor project selection and sub-optimal outcomes, by exposing local governments to cost overruns, delays in delivery and issues regarding project fitness for purpose. A mechanism that channels projects through a robust and diligent process to demonstrate project value for money and community benefits (rather than meeting restrictive eligibility criteria) would provide benefit. LGIS was developed to address many of the issues outlined in this paper, and since 2005, we have worked with most small to medium-sized local governments on supporting and enhancing their in-house capabilities through the provision of project management frameworks, procurement advice and good governance practices. I would be pleased to provide further information to the Commission if needed. Sincerely John Curran Chief Executive Attachment A Pressure and Leakage Management Program In 2006, the Queensland Government and 10 local governments entered into an agreement with LGIS to deliver a regional water pressure and leakage management project. At the time, Queensland was in the grip of one of the worst droughts on record and the State
In this submission, the ARA recommends the following: Governments must produce a consistent and long term pipeline of high quality transport infrastructure projects that can be brought to market. Governments must ensure that projects are suitable for private sector involvement either from the beginning of the project or over the period of the project. Funding and financing models used must also matches the project objectives and aspired outcomes; Funding and financing roles of the governments (all levels) and the private sectors must be clearly defined so the market/funding/financing gaps can be easily identified; Introduce and implement value capture or transit oriented development as part of public transport infrastructure project; Governments must encourage greater use of Public Private Partnerships including reducing the costs of delivering PPPs, reforming bidding and procurement processes, and continuing to develop the PPP model to allow it to be used in more sectors; Support the development of markets to expand the ways private sectors can invest in infrastructure including encourage greater involvement from the superannuation sector, promote privatisation to develop demand for longer term debt and improve liquidity in the Australian bond market; Adopt user pays and accelerate reform of road ricing and review transport subsidies; The Australian Federal Government, through Infrastructure Australia, should fund the development and ongoing implementation of a detailed benchmarking framework for major infrastructure projects in Australia; and The Commission to conduct a review of regulatory burdens on business particularly on the transport sector and make recommendations to governments on key areas for reform. The ARA agrees with the Commission’s statement that public infrastructure plays a key role in a competitive and productive economy and that ongoing funding and financing is of critical importance. The ARA also appreciates that the capacity of government to meet funding expectations to improve infrastructure is often limited, thus great relevance should be placed on the opportunity to use alternative financing options involving the private sector.
(2007) ‘Why Teach Alternative Dispute Resolution to Law Students? Part One: Past and Current Practices and Some Unanswered Questions’ Legal Education Review 125. (2007) ‘Why Teach Alternative Dispute Resolution to Law Students: Part Two: An Empirical Survey’ Legal Education Review 67 Peter Noble, (2012) Advocacy Health Alliances: Better Health through Medical Legal Partnership – final Report of the Clayton-Utz Foundation Fellowship Mary Anne Noone (2014) Legal Aid Crisis: Lessons from Victoria’s response 39 (1) Alternative Law Journal 40 (2012) ‘Key Features of Integrated Legal Services: lessons from West Heidelberg Community Legal Service’ 37 (1) Alternative Law Journal 26-30 (2011) ‘ADR, Public Interest Law and Access to Justice: the need for vigilance’ 37(1) Monash University Law Review 57- 80 (2009) ‘Towards an integrated service response to the link between legal and health issues’ 15 Australian Journal of Primary Health 203-211 (2006) ´Access to Justice Research in Australia’ 31 (1) Alternative Law Journal 30 Mary Anne Noone with K.Digney, (2010) “It’s Hard to Open up to Strangers” Improving Access to Justice: The Key Features of an Integrated Legal Services Delivery Model La Trobe University Melbourne Australia Mary Anne Noone & Stephen Tomsen (2006) Lawyers in Conflict: Australian Lawyers and Legal Aid Federation Press
The National Pro Bono Resource Centre makes the following submission as an independent centre of expertise that aims to grow the capacity of the Australian legal profession to provide pro bono legal services. In making submissions to this inquiry, the Centre has adopted its concept of “pro bono work” as specifically meaning “pro bono legal work”. The Centre’s work is focused on the provision of pro bono legal work, as opposed to other forms of community service that lawyers may perform, because lawyers have an important role to play in providing access to justice given their exclusive right to practice law. Therefore wherever the Centre uses the term “pro bono work”, it should be taken to mean “pro bono legal work”. The Centre’s comments follows the order in which the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report presents its Draft Recommendations and Information Requests, but only provides responses where an issue relating to the provision of pro bono legal services is raised by the content of the Draft Report. 5.3 – In relation to facilitating effective referrals for pro bono legal assistance, the Centre suggests that it would be desirable for there to be a single point for pro bono referrals in NSW as there is in most of the other states and territories, for example in Victoria where Justice Connect coordinates the pro bono referral service which includes the Victorian Bar Pro Bono Scheme and the Law Institute of Victoria Legal Assistance Scheme. Having several separate referral pathways in NSW, with separate pro bono schemes run by Justice Connect, the Law Society of NSW and the NSW Bar Association, creates confusion for people seeking assistance and inefficiencies in the referral process, and is inconsistent with the concept of providing a holistic service. 13.4 REQUEST A
Attachment A Copy of a submission made in 2013 COSBOA Super paid via Tax A goal of COSBOA is to simplify superannuation payments for employers by incorporating them into one tax payment made with each Business Activity Statement (BAS). During the “Simple Super” negotiations COSBOA proposed that Superannuation payments were much simpler for Employers if they didn’t have to pay them separately but incorporated them into employee PAYG tax payments. With the payment of super via the tax office now seriously being considered by the current Opposition (and potentially the alternate government) it is timely to re-visit the COSBOA proposal with further comment.
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Banking Ombudsman Service (FOS) Credit Ombudsman Service Purchase of faulty goods Office of Fair Trading- complaints mechanism Relevant State or territory tribunal Utilities Energy Ombudsman Government problems Local Government (services and amenities, planning approvals) State- based Ombudsman If not within the scope of the Ombudsman, a tribunal may be an option Receiving Government payments Commonwealth Department of Human Services able to review payments Social Security Appeals Tribunal Commonwealth Ombudsman Administrative Appeals Tribunal Federal Court Tax assessments and tax debts Australian Taxation Office provides the opportunity to review decisions Administrative Appeals Tribunal Payment of fines No advice provided due to limited information Wide range of issues including; Citizen, residency and immigration Construction by home owners Construction by investors Freedom of information Migration Tribunal Refugee Review Tribunal Commonwealth Ombudsman Information Commissioner Housing problems Neighbourhood disputes Community based legal facility Tribunal Rented housing State or territory based tribunal for issues regarding payment of rent State or territory based housing departments for issues regarding payment of rent Owned housing including; Mortgage payments Strata titles Retirement villages Options include; Financial Ombudsman Service Office of Fair Trading Aged Care Complaints Scheme Employment problems Conditions of employment Harassment or Employees Enterprise Agreement Fair Work Ombudsman Fair Work Australia State or territory Industrial
victimisation Discrimination Work performance Commission Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission or state anti- discrimination board Family problems Including issues relevant to Child support, Divorce and separation, Guardianship, care and protection, custody and contact, division of assets Department of Family Services Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner Commonwealth Ombudsman For issues relating to guardianship, action through tribunals may be necessary Rights problems Education Unfair treatment of police Other civil matters State Department of Education Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission or state anti- discrimination board Credit/debt problems Unpaid bills or debts Repayment of money Credit ratings or refusal of credit Other financial activities Credit Ombudsman Service Money, Accidents, Health and Personal injury State based financial tribunal Aged Care Complaints Scheme State based Health Complaints Commission
behaviour reduce negative impacts? Should the bar be lowered in terms of the type of behaviour that attracts a response from the justice system? Do jurisdictions need to make available a publicly searchable register of orders against vexatious litigants? In relation to vexatious claimants, QPILCH notes that prevention will always be better than cure. Identifying people with a genuine grievance and ensuring they have access to support, advice and guidance early in their dispute can significantly reduce the need for strong action later in the process. It is QPILCH’s view that the process currently in place in Queensland (detailed at pages 44 to 45 of QPILCH’s submissions) adequately deals with vexatious litigants. This process could be used as a framework for application in other jurisdictions.
Legal assistance providers such as CLCs have very limited capacity to undertake legal needs research. We recommend that this research and needs analysis is funded and provided externally to legal assistance providers to enable planning of our services. We also recommend funds be made available to CLCs to conduct community based and informed legal needs projects. Youthlaw has undertaken a number of legal needs projects that have consulted with young people about the best ways to provide legal information, provide services, and to test new technologies (e.g. Youthlaw Mobile). We have found that these legal needs projects are invaluable and provide quite a distinct type of analysis that cannot be provided by statutory and government bodies.
It is through written works, that we grow in our understanding of what it means to be Australian. The changes to copyright laws, and reduced incentives for Australian writers to publish their work, will put at risk Australia’s ability to add to the national identity. Some works that have done this include: The Happiest Refugee - Ahn Doh The Fatal Shore - Robert Hughes Voss - Patrick White My Country – Dorothy Mackeller Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay My Brilliant Career – Miles Franklin The Long Road to the Deep North – Richard Flanagan The Man from Snowy Mountain – A.B Patterson Storm Boy – Colin Thiele The Man who loved Children – Christina Stead The Book Thief – Marcus Zusak For the Term of His Natural Life – Marcus Clarke The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith – Thoman Kennealy Ice Station – Matthew Reilly Breaker Morant - FM Cutlack Anzac to Ameins - Charles Bean Beneath Hill 60 –screenplay written by David Roach Gallipoli - Peter Weir These are all examples of the distinct and important voices that tell Australian stories at home and abroad. Australia would not commemorating the Centenary of the First World War 2014-2019 and the origins of Anzac Day if it wasn’t for stories conveyed in books and movies such as those above. To me, a veteran of two wars, the idea of understanding what it means to be Australian is very important. At no stage did I fight for the “...longterm interests of both consumers and intermediate users.” I joined the Air Force to be part of an organisation that contributes to a greater good. I put my life at risk for the idea of what Australia stands for – a fair go, an irreverent sense of humour, freedom of speech, and a way of life where anyone who’s prepared to work hard will make a decent living. I didn’t, at any stage of my 26 year military career, consider the needs of “consumers and intermediate users.” I believe I can safely say that all sailors, soldiers and airmen in the Australian Defence Force are the same. Cultural Impacts
ABN. 58 079 868 116 PO Box 468, FYSHWICK ACT 2609 p: 02 6195 3176 | f: 02 6228 1604 w: 14 August 2017 The Commissioners, Human Services Inquiry Productivity Commission Locked Bag 2, Collins Street East Melbourne Vic 8003 Dear Dr King and Mr Spencer, As requested during our appearance at the Productivity Commission Reforms to Human Services Public Hearing on 25th July 2017 in Canberra, please find below further information about aspects of our previous submission to the inquiry (DR532). Baptcare Quality of Life Framework For the past two years, Baptist Care Australia member, Baptcare, has been developing and implementing an organisation-wide approach to measuring outcomes. The outcomes measurement framework is now embedded across their family and community service offerings, asylum seeker accommodation program, and the pilot has recently concluded across aged care. Baptcare is looking to further develop and pilot the outcomes measurement framework to their social housing program by the end of 2017. The Baptcare Quality of Life Framework (appendix 1) was developed in response to social and aged services industry standards and changes, Government and philanthropic funders seeking to improve efficiency and shift risk, and changing expectations from stakeholders. Baptcare commissioned EY in 2014 to develop an approach and framework to measure quality of life outcomes. The Baptcare Framework measures whole-of-life quality across three impact areas (independence, social participation and wellbeing) and nine outcomes (personal development, self-determination, rights, interpersonal relations, social inclusion, emotional, physical, material and spiritual wellbeing). The Framework has been able to demonstrate improvements in clients’ lives across these impact areas by using baseline and follow-up measures. At the same time, client responses also attribute a proportion of their quality of life improvement to the work of Baptcare (compared to change attributable to other circumstances). These quality measures have also started to be used to improve service design, planning and delivery.
DRAFT 7.1 The Australian, State and Territory Governments should work together to develop and publish: data-driven maps of existing family and community services analysis of the characteristics and needs of the service user population to assist with system and program design and targeting service plans to address the needs of people experiencing hardship. 7.2 The Australian, State and Territory Governments should adjust provider selection processes in family and community services to reflect the importance of achieving outcomes for service users. Governments should: design selection criteria that focus on the ability of service providers to improve outcomes for service users not discriminate on the basis of organisational type (for-profit, not-for-profit and mutual for example) allow sufficient time for providers to prepare considered responses (including the development of integrated bids across related services). DRAFT 7.3 The Australian, State and Territory Governments should prioritise the development of userfocused outcome measures for family and community services — indicators of the wellbeing of people who use those services — and apply them consistently across all family and community services. Governments should also identify outputs from family and community services that can be used as proxies for outcomes or measures of progress toward achieving outcomes. In developing outcome measures and outputs, governments should define the indicators broadly so they can be used in provider selection, performance management and provider, program and systemlevel evaluations across the full range of family and community services. DRAFT 7.4 monitor the performance of providers of family and community services in achieving outcomes for service users evaluate service providers, programs and systems in ways that are commensurate with their size and complexity proactively support the sharing of data between governments and departments, consistent with the Commission’s inquiry report Data Availability and Use release deidentified data on family and community services to service providers and researchers develop processes to disseminate the lessons of evaluations to governments and service providers.
End-of-life care The NTG gives inprinciple support to Draft Recommendation 4.1 that people with a preference to die at home should be able to access support from end-of-life care services to enable them to do so. The NTG supports flexible approaches to end-of-life care. Approximately 150 people are under endoflife care management at any one time in the Northern Territory. Of these around 20 will be in hospice or hospital settings, around 25 or 30 will be in residential aged-care facilities and the remainder will be accessing communitybased support. These palliative care services are delivered to patients using a mix of public, for-profit, and not-for-profit providers. It is anticipated that this model of providing services will continue. The NTG anticipates that demand for palliative care ‘on country’ will be an area of service growth as the Aboriginal population in the Northern Territory ages. Population ageing is by no means unique to the Territory, but the challenges of delivering culturally appropriate services to remote clients in a timely, consistent and costeffective manner are significant, and will put considerable strain on resources. Citizens and governments would be assisted by analysis of the average costs of private residential care versus community-based palliative care providing the same level of service to better enable choice.
are even more disadvantaged by the current arrangements. In NSW alone, there are more than 7.7 million internet sessions each year in public libraries. Yet these libraries receive less legal protection when their systems are used for illegal activities than commercial ISPs. Furthermore, libraries and archives do not have the resources or expertise to deal with copyright infringements on a case-by-case basis, and many are unclear what to do when they are alerted to alleged illegal activities undertaken over their systems. They would therefore benefit significantly from the clarity that the safe harbour scheme would provide regarding processes such as notice and takedown. Online Infringement Finally, we strongly support the Commission’s conclusion that timely and cost-effective access to copyright-protected works is the most efficient and effective way to reduce online copyright infringement. As we said in our original submission (p.18), access to ebooks has been severely limited by geographic licensing, and publishers have historically refused to license ebooks to libraries. The ALCC welcomes any move that encourages copyright owners in all sectors - film, music and books - to increase diversity of access to their materials through all distribution methods available. In Conclusion The ALCC supports the overall aim of the Commission’s copyright recommendations, to create a copyright system that reflects the public good, promotes innovation and is flexible enough to accommodate technological changes - whilst also supporting the rights of creators to be rewarded for their works.