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DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... ntial employees with disabilities. DCA cites statistics that an estimated 18.5% of the Australian population has as disability, but only half of those aged 15 to 64 participate in the workforce. "People with disabilities in Australia are limited by what ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... service provision, and creating new public service mutuals. Among other case studies, the report looks at the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as one example of how those strategies can be adopted. "The one thing that we've got an increasing ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... long term contribute to savings to government in terms of provision of service around welfare, healthcare, aged care, disability and so on and support a significant industry," Learmonth said."Social enterprise and non-profit is a substantial sector in ...

BCCM forms task force to examine public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... alternative or effectively address a particular problem, emerging issue or market need such as the transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme." In addition to McFee, other members of the task force will include Rowan Dowland, general manager ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... particularly relevant when it comes to the provision of services that will come with the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). "Big ticket policy initiatives like the NDIS are supposedly about shifting control and choice ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... 2012 NAB developed a supplier diversity program to incorporate Supply Nation certified Indigenous business, Australian Disability Enterprises, women-owned business and social enterprises into the supply chain. NAB incorporated two Indigenous suppliers. ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... of participants in our Leadership Pathway development programs." The bank also said that since it had introduced a disability employment program in 2008, 131 people with a self-disclosed disability had been employed, with a 74% retention rate. The bank ...
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