Sentences with phrase «one's representative bodies»

Those chosen were picked for their experience and knowledge of national representative body mechanisms, as well as being selected to represent a balance of geographic representation, gender, age and youth members.

So let me start by discussing why we need a national Indigenous representative body in the first place and the policy environment in which such a body will operate.

A much longer minimum period for recognition, at least three years, increases the stability and standing of representative bodies as long - term organisations.

There is a need for coordination between the court, the tribunal, and the native title representative bodies.

Since then, it has become the foremost representative body for the world's consulting engineers, with member associations in some 100 countries.

The administrative burdens faced by representative bodies when they are not provided with any additional funding to adjust to the changes.

The lack of open, full consultation with representative bodies about the changes.

The first priority must be the establishment of regional representative bodies which can link to the local level as well up to the state and national levels.

In these circumstances, membership provisions are the one remaining criterion by which representative body constituents may be assured that a body is «representative».

This means that requiring the existing representative bodies to apply for recognition in the transitional period will be a waste of their scarce resources and for that reason I am opposed to it.

Additional regular or ad - hoc reporting is available on request through the relevant industry representative body.

The consultations also identified that the national representative body needs a sustainable funding source.

The points are especially important if representative bodies are to perform a wider function in assisting Indigenous people to fully exercise and enjoy their human rights.

Comments from other representative bodies have been less favourable about the amendments.

To the extent that the proposed amendments enhance, encourage or support representative bodies to make the most of their limited resources, I support them.

The commission gives no sign of considering this issue and, of course, the professional representative bodies will act only if forced to do so.

If item 31 is enacted, representative body planning procedures should be considered a relevant criterion in the making of recognition decisions.

Similar criticisms are made by farmers about their state representative bodies, which are funded through yet another levy (another $ 2,000 or so).

The laws around payment under commercial contracts have recently been amended to allow certain representative bodies to challenge the use of «grossly unfair» payment terms and practices.

This means funding representative bodies so that they can perform their statutory functions to a high level.

Additional partners would include the Indigenous health professional bodies and a national Indigenous representative body when it is established.

Funding for a «long awaited» new national mental health consumer representative body, to harness the experience of consumers for policy and program development.

The inadequate funding of representative bodies relative to their statutory functions has had the cumulative effect of undermining their capacity to adequately promote and protect Indigenous interests in the native title process.

The operations of representative bodies therefore need to be informed by a long term perspective.

I have concerns about the potential for regional plans to be made, and priorities set, without proper regard to the objectives and priorities of the relevant native title representative body.

In the remaining time though, let me discuss some of the challenges that exist in establishing a new Indigenous representative body.

In recent months consensus has emerged around what the new national representative body should do.

The first priority must be to establish regional representative bodies which can link to local, as well as state and national levels.

The fund's objective is to support national agricultural industry organisations to develop leadership capability within agricultural industry representative bodies.

A statutory plan would provide a benchmark for the «satisfactory» performance of representative body functions.

It is unfortunate that they are succeeding in getting the courts to revisit policy decisions made by more representative bodies.

For example, in Western Australia state departments and agencies have undertaken negotiations with Native Title Representative Bodies on a range of issues.

At the time of announcing the new arrangements, the Government indicated that Indigenous Coordination Centre Managers would negotiate RPAs outlining the priorities in that region with such representative bodies.44

The Minister could perhaps decide to simply fund bodies under s. 203FE (as amended) rather than for him or her to recognise them as representative bodies.

In the Attorney - General's consideration of whether the applicant has sufficient financial resources, it is not clear why only individual applicants are mentioned, and not representative bodies (such as peak organisations).