The phrase
"peak body" refers to an organization or group that represents the highest level or apex of a particular sector or industry. They usually have a strong influence, power, and authority in decision-making processes related to policies, regulations, and advocacy for that sector.
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There is a role for
peak bodies in providing advice as experts to the representative body.
It was suggested that the representative body should develop a framework to work
with peak bodies and should facilitate building relationships with other bodies.
Australian dairy farmers will barely break even this year amid a collapse in global milk prices, the industry's
peak body says.
We also anticipate that over time, new organisations will emerge to fill the gaps in representation from
existing peak bodies.
This morning I received a report from the scuba divers association (the
state peak body) which provides interim confirmation of my previous suggestion about the fish die - off.
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National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) This is the national
peak body representing Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) throughout Australia.
There exists an extensive array of national
peak bodies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
She has worked closely with community sector leaders, Members of Parliament, senior bureaucrats in Federal Government agencies as well
as peak bodies, research institutes and universities.
It is supported
by peak bodies Wine Australia, Wine Grape Growers Australia and Winemakers» Federation of Australia along with Wine Communicators of Australia.
Fruit Juice Australia (FJA), Australia's
peak body which represents 95 % of the fruit juice -LSB-...]
The Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA) is the NSW
non-government peak body representing the voice of community organisations working with vulnerable children, young people and their families.
«Tanya has forged partnerships with a coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, legal and educational bodies; a growing base of
peak bodies including the Federation of Ethnic Communities» Councils of Australia; major sporting codes including the AFL, NRL and Cricket Australia; companies such as Qantas, Telstra and Energy Australia; faith groups; local governments; and not - for - profits.»
We have also forged powerful alignments with
other peak bodies to lobby for health claim standards and truth in labeling laws, as well as develop a public affairs campaign to format a growth program for the juice category.
The state's
new peak body for renewable energy and energy efficiency, which emerged after the collapse of the Sustainable Energy Association of Australia last year, is set to establish its leadership team and policy direction.
Furthermore, it became possible to consistently slaughter the animal
at peak body fat percentage.
DVNSW is a domestic and family violence
peak body whose membership comprises specialist domestic and family violence services within NSW.
Participants agreed that regional representatives should be selected from the local level through a democratic process, selecting local leaders onto regional councils either through election or from
peak bodies such as the Aboriginal Medical Services.
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.»
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.
(58) Neil Gillespie (CEO, ALRM) adds that «there is wide support from the Government of South Australia and other
representative peak bodies in working with ALRM Council and the Native Title Unit.»
Queensland Association of Independent Legal Centres is state -
based peak body representing funded and unfunded Community Legal Centres (CLCs) throughout Queensland.
Hence, maximal or
peak body fat percentages in wild mammals are maintained only for a few months during the course of a year, even for mammals residing at tropical and southern latitudes (59).
A survey released today by
peak body Children with Disability Australia (CDA) has found that one in four children with a disability has been turned away from a school.
We also attended an inaugural meeting of Elder Abuse Action Australia, a newly -
funded peak body representing key community stakeholders in promoting policy reform and research in effective elder abuse prevention and intervention.
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.
The planned «public consultation», while a positive step in increasing community input into the process, does not replace the need for robust consumer input at the Committee level via trained and experienced consumer representatives, supported by a
consumer peak body.
«In October 2011 the bottled water industry's
peak body established an identical position to that of the ACCC in that bottled water products should not claim to be organic and cited potential problems for labels that continued to carry the term» said the Beverages Council's CEO, Mr Geoff Parker.
We call on governments at all levels to come together as a matter of urgency to develop in collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities, health and community
sector peak bodies and other key stakeholders, a policy framework, funding commitments and national action plan for food sovereignty and food security.
The recommendation is in keeping with
peak body Fruit Juice Australia's (FJA) suggested portion size in recent years.
Fruit growers have also welcomed the new research, with
peak body Citrus Australia strongly supporting efforts to encourage Australians to include more fruit and juice in their diets.
University peak body, Universites Australia acknowledges the need for universities to «improve information accessibility and comparability,» according to the group's CEO, Belinda Robinson.
In total, 120 single and consolidated submissions were received from the Federal, State and Territory governments and regulatory authorities, education unions,
professional peak bodies and individual schools and teachers.