Over
the past several months, CAS has been working with National Sporting
Organisations and other industry bodies to put together the Sport
Industry Federal Election Policy Platform. The 2007 Federal election
provides an opportunity for sport as a sector to reassert itself on
the National agenda and move the dialog beyond world championships
and Olympic medal counts to the real benefits that sport confer on
the Australian society.
While
sport has consistent representation in Government by the Australian
Sports Commission and DCITA, CAS as a truly independent voice for
sport has the ability to accomplish items on the national sporting
agenda that both these organisations cannot affect. CAS has the ability
to talk to all Federal Government departments and Ministers where
sport has an interest in policy. These areas include education, health,
health promotion, ageing and treasury and finance.
The Confederation
began the consultation process to develop the Sport Election Platform
in April, meeting with a group of National Sporting Organisation CEO’s.
Since that time, the Confederation has met with both the Federal Minister
for Sport, the Shadow Minister for Sport and discussed the platform
with key stakeholders such as State Sporting Federations, industry
bodies such as the AMA, ACHPER and Australian University Sport. The
Confederation has also referenced material produced by Volunteering
Australia, the health industry and the Australian Sports Commission.
To view the entire policy platform please
click here.
The
policy platform will be sent to all Federal parliamentarians and press
releases supporting the platform will be issued to the media in the
next week. If you would like to discuss the platform in more detail,
please contact the Confederation. CAS will continue to keep you informed
of developments surrounding the release of the policy platform.
Consultation Paper on Group Insurance Arrangers
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has recently released
a Consultation Paper proposing relief, subject to some conditions, for bodies
which arrange group insurance policies, such as sporting and community associations,
from the licensing provisions of Chapters 7 and 5C of the Corporations Act.
We would like to bring this paper to your attention as your organisation or
some of your members may be affected by these proposals.
If your
organisation currently arranges, or is considering arranging, group
insurance for your members or prospective members, ASIC is very interested
in receiving a submission from your organisation. Your organisation
is not required to respond to the Consultation Paper but you may wish
to respond, as changes to current policy, if implemented, may affect
the way your organisation and your members arrange insurance.
Details
of the proposal and the information sought by ASIC are attached and
are also are available on ASIC's website at www.asic.gov.au (see IR
07-15 :ASIC consults on relief for some arrangers of group insurance,
or call ASIC’s Infoline on 1300 300 630.
I have
also attached a copy of the Information Release which was released
at the same time as the Consultation Paper.
Consultation
Paper
Information
Release 07 - 15
Sport & Recreation National Industry Reference Group
During
recent months Rob Bradley, Chief Executive Officer – Royal Life
Saving Society, has been participating in the review of the Sport
and Recreation Training Packages on behalf of CAS and the discussion
are at a stage where Sport stakeholders should be provided with an
update. Feedback from the Sport Industry would be valuable at this
point particularly if there is any concern at the direction of the
review.
The major
points to be aware of:
1. The
discussion paper - recommends that there is a rationalisation of the
Training package that would bring the 4 separate training packages
from Community Recreation, Outdoor Recreation, Sport and Fitness -
under the one umbrella of "Sport and Recreation".
2. The
range of Units offered would be refined to remove duplication eg:
a unit like First Aid is common to each separate package currently.
The rationalisation would see "Core" Units common to any
of the areas and then areas of "Specialisation" being directly
relevant to a particular VET outcome.
3. As
the next stages in the review, the plan is to:
- Circulate
the Discussion Paper along with a Survey/Questionnaire for RTOs
and industry stakeholders to gain further feedback from the industry
- Engage
an independent consultant to undertake a major Review the current
Training Packages including individual units
- The
major milestones planned for the project are shown on page 5 of
the discussion paper.
Rob would
be pleased to receive any feedback or direction from the industry.
NIRG
Discussion Paper
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