Sentences with phrase «peak bodies»

Generally speaking, existing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies represent the different sectoral interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service delivery organisations.

Partnership: With both government and industry as well as with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, peak bodies and communities; and

The Text Box below provides an overview of a number of existing national Indigenous peak bodies and how they are constituted.

The NSW Government sees the National Representative Body working with the TWTCC, rather than through the agency of single peak bodies.

HREOC calls upon the Committee to commit the NSW government to the effective resourcing of, and consultation with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services and peak bodies within the framework of the Commonwealth's national framework agreement.

The majority of participants, however, did not support peak bodies being able to directly nominate representatives onto the national body.

The structure recommended by the Steering Committee seeks to build on the existing strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, particularly peak bodies.

Indigenous leadership, and the leadership of the Indigenous health peak bodies in particular, has also been a hallmark of the Close the Gap Campaign.

The proposed model will provide the «meeting space» where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities, peak bodies and interest groups will be able to focus on the bigger picture and set a longer term agenda for policy making and program delivery.

The founding of the Steering Committee is in itself an historic event, being the first time that such authoritative and influential peak bodies and key organisations from Australian civil society have worked together in partnership in such a sustained manner.

This Coalition of Aboriginal Peak bodies could also usefully assist the National Representative Body with community consultation in New South Wales.

Begins to establish the National Congress and associated processes — this may require the convening of forums of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, organisations and peak bodies to input into the design of the National Congress and its chambers; and

As outlined above, it should also encourage the development of robust and truly representative state / territory mechanisms and create incentives for such mechanisms to be developed (for example, through accreditation processes for participation in the National Peak Bodies Chamber of the National Congress).

The Statement was also signed by representatives of Indigenous and non-Indigenous health peak bodies, along with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.

There was strong support for the representative body to form strategic alliances with peak bodies and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander agencies and businesses.

There was, however, strong support for the National Representative Body to provide a «meeting place» for peak bodies and for them to be involved in the working processes of the body.

The first two days (18 - 19 March) involved approximately 100 invited delegates including: senior representatives from Commonwealth and state / territory level governments and health departments; specialists and experts (and particularly Indigenous ones) from a range of health and health - related areas; and representatives from Indigenous health and health related peak bodies (including from all the state and territory level Aboriginal community controlled health organisation peak bodies).

A chamber of national peak bodies and other state, territory and regional level representative organisations would be created.

The National Representative Body should seek assistance on various matters from national peak bodies from time to time and should support their work.

The NSW Aboriginal Land Council and the Aboriginal Housing Office, with the support of the DAA initiated a meeting in October 2008 for the purpose of providing an opportunity for NSW Peak Bodies to explore the potential for reaching a unified NSW position on some key issues and characteristics of a National Representative Body.

We also see the relationship between the new National Representative Body and existing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative bodies and peak bodies as critical to the long term success of the body.

Delegates to the Congress would be chosen from 3 separate chambers — one for national peak and representative bodies, one for sectoral peak bodies and experts, and a third for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and community representatives.

A permanent Chamber would be set up to provide a regular forum for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations that do not qualify as national peak bodies or representative structures, but which still represent a sectoral interest.

This differentiates the role of these peak bodies from those of a National Representative Body.

The former has been developed by peak bodies and experts in the field of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

Approximately 50,000 copies were circulated to registered Indigenous organisations, peak bodies, ICCs and to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through insertions in the 2 national Indigenous newspapers.

Feedback throughout the consultations identified the most important task for the National Representative Body at the outset being to establish and foster key relationships, particularly across peak bodies, governments, regions and the private sector.

And I was extremely humbled when I was asked by the Stolen Generations peak bodies to deliver a response on behalf of Stolen Generations members and their families to the Prime Minister's historic national Apology on 13 February 2008.

Less than a year after the launch, we saw the historic signing of a Statement of Intent between the Australian Government, the Opposition, Indigenous and non-Indigenous health peak bodies and the reconciliation movement to work together to close the gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-indigenous Australians by the year 2030.

In April 2007, 40 of Australia's leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous health peak bodies and human rights organisations joined forces to launch a campaign to «Close the Gap» on health inequality.

System reform in the NT requires long - term planning and collaboration between Commonwealth and Territory Governments, NT PHN, the NGO and ACCHO sectors and their respective peak bodies.

It will include a National Peak Bodies Chamber, a Sectoral Peak Bodies / Expert Chamber; and a chamber dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and individuals;

Given that the native title representative bodies do not have enough time, money or people available to ensure that native title holders and claimants in their area are able to exercise their procedural rights in hundreds of separate negotiations with mining companies and the State, a formalised «opt in» process negotiated by Indigenous peak bodies may prove to be a means to ensure that native title parties have some meaningful participation in decisions regarding mining exploration over their land.

While a full list of the winners and losers has yet to be released, we can see that the Indigenous community controlled sector has been hit particularly hard — be they peak bodies, local grassroots organisations; from Tennant Creek to Inala (the community in which I live), a wide range of frontline services will no longer exist as a result of the IAS announcement.

A fundamental feature of the Close the Gap Campaign has been the leadership provided by the Indigenous members made up of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and other national Indigenous peak bodies representing our Indigenous doctors, nurses, dentists and psychologists.

This resulted in some peak bodies being deprived of funding for information, training and general advice on agreements and agreement - making for their members.

First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN) and affiliated state / territories peak bodies are assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be NDIS - ready.

The role of the Council is to «oversee the application of the Doing it Right policy framework and report to the Premier».35 Members of the Council include the «Minister for Indigenous Affairs, representatives from the ATSIC State Council, leaders of land councils, other Aboriginal peak bodies and community leaders».36 It is undecided at this stage how the gap left by the ATSIC representatives will be filled.

Our scope and reach covers peak bodies including consumer groups (such as the Country Women's Association of Australia and the Isolated Children's Parents» Association), the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector, health professional organisations (representing doctors, nurses and midwives, allied health professionals, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, paramedics, health students, and health service managers) and service providers (such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service).

peak bodies may be able to conduct devolved consultations or conduct surveys, with the results fed up to the Expert Panel

This Leadership Group comprised of 14 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health peak bodies and other health stakeholders, including the National Congress and the Commission.

Standards such as those included in the Declaration should be embedded in all levels of our own internal governance — from our own families and community organisations, to our regional bodies, state and national peak bodies as well as the National Congress.

peak bodies may identify «local champions» that can assist to facilitate consultations in communities (but not necessarily act as representatives of the community)

The NHLF is leading the way in how the National Congress can work as an interface between peak bodies and government.

It is a blueprint for structured change; a blueprint to work for, and with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies who know their communities.»

Eligibility for assistance for respondents under the Attorney - General's existing Financial Assistance Guidelines scheme has been broadly defined, making assistance available to individuals, partnerships, small businesses, local government bodies, incorporated and unincorporated groups and peak bodies or organisations.

It has brought together, for the first time, Indigenous and non-Indigenous health peak bodies at the national level and asked them to work together.

And (at last count) more than 20 - peak Indigenous and non-Indigenous health, and health professional, peak bodies coalesced around this approach to drive the campaign.

«This morning, thirteen national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health peak bodies and stakeholders from around the country met with the Prime Minister to discuss how best government can work in real partnership to plan together to close the gap in Indigenous health inequality.

Croakey welcomes unsolicited contributions, and we are particularly interested in hearing from people and groups who are under - represented in the mainstream media, including healthcare consumers, young people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, individual healthcare providers (as opposed to peak bodies), people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities.