2014-06-19

This is like a mega lucky dip for Cats: take your pick.  (Sorry re length – but it is pretty informative and just think of the savings to the taxpayer!)

Part 3          Grants of financial assistance to persons other than a State or Territory

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

317.001

Grant to Refugee Council of Australia for advice on the views of the refugee and humanitarian non-government sector on the Humanitarian Program, including resettlement and onshore protection, and on humanitarian settlement issues

317.002

Grant to Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia  to advise the Australian Government on the views and needs of ethnic communities in Australia

317.003

Grant towards the cost of developing a multicultural centre in Mirrabooka, Western Australia

Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education

318.001

Assistance to upgrade Simplot’s processing plants in Tasmania

Objective: To provide financial assistance to upgrade Simplot’s coal-fired vegetable processing facilities

318.002

Ford Australia Environmental Innovation Grant

Objective: To provide assistance to the Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited in the design and engineering to reduce carbon dioxide emissions of the 2014 Falcon and improve the safety of the Falcon and the Territory vehicles

318.003

General Motors Holden—next generation vehicles

Objective: To provide assistance to General Motors Holden to support capital investment and design and engineering of Holden’s next generation vehicles

318.004

Programs to assist in the transition to lower-emission energy sources

Objective: Assistance to transition to lower-emission energy sources

318.005

Alcoa Point Henry assistance

Objective: To increase the productivity and sustainability of the Point Henry aluminium smelter

318.006

Cairns Institute Tropical Innovation Hub

Objective: To support the construction of a new research facility to work on issues of significance to the tropics, including marine and climate science, public health, social and community welfare and Indigenous development

318.007

Establishment of an ICT-enabled research laboratory—Commonwealth assistance

Objective: Assistance to establish a global research and development laboratory at the University of Melbourne in Victoria

Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

327.001

Grant to an entity to assist in the transition to lower-emission energy sources

Objective: Providing grants to an entity to assist in the transition to lower-emission energy sources

Part 4          Programs

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

401.001

Carbon Farming Initiative

Clean energy future—Creating Opportunities on the Land—extending the benefits of the Carbon Farming Initiative

Objective: Through these programs, Australian farmers and land managers can participate in, and benefit from, the carbon crediting system by generating carbon offset credits that can be sold in domestic and international carbon markets

401.002

Climate Change Adaptation Partnerships Program

Climate Change Adjustment Program

Climate Change Research Program

Objective: To strengthen the capacity for primary producers to adapt and adjust to a changing climate while maintaining productivity

401.003

Drought Assistance—Re-establishment Assistance

Drought policy reform—Pilot of new measures in Western Australia

Drought Assistance—Professional Advice

Objective: These 3 programs increase the resilience and capacity of farmers, farming families and communities to better prepare for and self-manage the impacts of drought, climate variability and reduced water availability

401.004

Tasmanian Forest Industry—Adjustment package

Objective: To foster and enable productive, profitable, internationally competitive and sustainable Australian forest and forest products industries

401.005

Live Animal Exports—Assistance to Individuals

Live Animal Exports—Business Assistance

Objective: These 2 programs support eligible primary producers and small businesses with targeted assistance to manage adjustment pressures and remain viable in the long term

401.006

Regional Food Producers’ Innovation and Productivity Program

Objective: To foster and enable productive, profitable, internationally-competitive and sustainable horticulture and wine industries

401.007

Australian Animal Welfare Strategy

Objective: To improve animal welfare outcomes, including for the export of livestock, by coordinated action at the national and international levels

401.008

Northern Australia Beef Industry Strategy—Indigenous Pastoral Project

Objective: To provide an opportunity for the northern beef industry to diversify its production system and add value to its contribution to the region’s future economic prosperity

401.009

National Weeds and Productivity Research Program

Objective: To strengthen the national approach to weed and pest animal management and research

401.010

Fisheries Resources Research Fund

Objective: To foster and enable productive, profitable, internationally-competitive and sustainable Australian fishing and aquaculture industries

401.011

Agriculture Advancing Australia—International Agricultural Cooperation

Objective: To maintain and improve international market access opportunities for Australia’s agriculture, food, fisheries and forestry industries

401.012

Live Cattle Exports—Business Assistance—official development assistance and improved supply chains

Objective: To improve animal welfare outcomes, including for the export of livestock, by coordinated action at the national and international levels

401.013

Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis and Research

Australia’s Biosecurity Strategy—Post Entry Quarantine—Communications

Animal Biosecurity & Response Reform

International Organisations Contributions—World Organisation for Animal Health

Other Exotic Disease Preparation

Payment to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)—Contribution to the operating costs of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory

Commonwealth contribution to operating costs of Animal Health Australia

Objective: These 7 programs support access to overseas markets and protect the economy and the environment from the impacts of unwanted pests and diseases through the safe movement to and from Australia of animals, plants and their products, including genetic material, people and cargo

401.014

Rural Financial Counselling Service

Objective: To support eligible primary producers and small businesses with targeted assistance to manage adjustment pressures and remain viable in the long term

401.015

Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Minor Use Program

Objective: To support the National Registration Scheme for agricultural and veterinary chemicals

401.016

International Organisations Contribution

Objective: To maintain and improve international market access opportunities for Australia’s agriculture, food, fisheries and forestry industries

401.017

Transitional Farm Family Payment

Objective: To provide household support to primary producers, in recognition that farm families may experience hardship at any time

Attorney-General’s Department

402.001

Justice Services

Objective: To provide resources for legal assistance services for disadvantaged Australians and communities

402.002

Payments for membership of international bodies

Objective: To provide for annual membership payments to international bodies and organisations: the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH); the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO); the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT); and International Social Service (ISS)

402.003

Payments for grants to Australian organisations

Objectives: To fund the Commonwealth’s contributions to Standing Committee on Law and Justice (SCLJ) programs and to provide grants to organisations with projects or activities that contribute to the pursuit of an equitable and accessible system of federal civil justice

402.004

Payments for the provision of legal aid in expensive Commonwealth criminal cases—Legal Aid Commissions

Objective: To administer the Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund to which legal aid commissions can apply on a reimbursement basis

402.005

Payments for the provision of community legal services

Objective: To contribute to the provision of access to legal assistance services for disadvantaged members of the community and those with special needs and/or whose interest should be protected as a matter of public interest through the provision of funding to community based organisations

402.006

Financial assistance towards legal costs and related expenses

Objective: To provide funding for legal costs and disbursements in proceedings involving Commonwealth law, or in circumstances that give rise to a special Commonwealth interest

402.007

Commonwealth Human Rights Education Program

Objective: To provide grants to community organisations to deliver practical, grassroots human rights education projects for the community and vulnerable groups

402.008

Family Relationships Services Program

Objective: To provide funding for family law related services

402.009

Payments under the Indigenous Justice Program

Objective: To provide grants to State, Territory and local governments, and non-government organisations, for projects to reduce crime and improve Indigenous community safety by reducing offending behaviour

402.010

Payments for the provision of Family Violence Prevention Legal Services for Indigenous Australia

Objective: To provide funding to help Indigenous adults and children who are victims or survivors of family violence, including sexual assault, or who are at immediate risk of such violence

402.011

Payments for Indigenous interpreter services in the Northern Territory

Objective: To provide Indigenous interpreter services in remote communities and urban living areas to assist in the delivery of Australian Government services and to improve access to appropriate legal services for Indigenous Australians

402.012

Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory law and order measures

Objective: To provide grants to the Northern Territory Government, local governments and non-government organisations to improve the safety of Indigenous communities and to reduce the risk of contact with the criminal justice system

402.013

Native title system

Objective: To support professional development and training for anthropologists in the native title field, to attract a new generation of junior anthropologists to native title work, and to encourage senior anthropologists to remain within the system

402.014

National Security and Criminal Justice

Objectives: To support strengthened bilateral and multilateral cooperation in regional and international crime and terrorism prevention, national and community crime prevention, national crisis and emergency management, support anti-people smuggling legislation in regional countries, the development of police and criminal justice legislation in Pacific Island countries, and participation in the work of, and payments to support, the International Criminal Court

402.015

National Community Crime Prevention Program

Objective: To provide grants to not-for-profit non-government organisations to undertake community based crime prevention projects.

402.016

Payments for membership of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Objective: To fund membership of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

402.017

Payments for grants to Australian organisations

Objective: To provide annual payments to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to fund the National Crime Statistics Unit (NCSU), the National Corrective Services Statistics Unit (NCSSU) and the National Criminal Courts Statistics Unit (NCCSU) and make grant payments to Crime Stoppers Australia

402.018

Safer Suburbs

Objective: To reduce crime and antisocial behaviour by funding local initiatives run by not-for-profit and local government organisations to implement a range of community safety initiatives

402.019

Disaster Resilience Australia—Emergency Warning System Database

Objective: To maintain the Location Based Number Store (LBNS), which provides the phone number data and associated data services which underpin the emergency alerting systems used by State agencies in the event of emergencies which threaten lives

402.020

Disaster Resilience Australia Package

Objective: To fund emergency management projects of national significance to improve the ability to prevent, prepare, respond to and recover from disasters across social, economic, environmental and governance elements

402.021

National Counter-Terrorism Committee—special fund and operating expenses

Objective: To support a program of training, development and counter-terrorism exercises, the purchase of specialist counter-terrorism equipment, and forums, workshops and meetings which support the development of national policy and capabilities

402.022

Counter-terrorism exercises

Objective: To conduct national counter-terrorism exercises

402.023

National aerial firefighting

Objective: Funding to the National Aerial Firefighting Centre Ltd (NAFC), a joint company formed by the States and Territories in association with the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Inc

402.024

Countering Violent Extremism to Prevent Terrorism

Objective: To support community-based initiatives to counter the influence of violent extremist ideologies

402.025

Schools Security Program

Objective: To fund security measures for government and non-government schools assessed as being at risk because of racial, religious or ethnically motivated vandalism, property crime and harassment to meet their specific security needs

402.026

Assistance—New Zealand citizens affected by natural disasters in Australia

Objective: To provide payments to New Zealand citizens affected by natural disasters

402.027

Natural Disaster Relief Arrangements—Loans

Objective: To provide concessional loans for the victims of natural disasters

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

403.001

Border protection and enforcement

Objective: To prevent, detect and deter prohibited, harmful or illegal goods or people entering Australia or operating illegally in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone

Australian Federal Police

404.001

National Security—Policing

Objective: To support prevention delivered by the following functions: Counter Terrorism, Aviation and Protection

404.002

International Deployments

Objective: To contribute to national security by providing, on behalf of the Australian Government, policing support for enhanced rule of law internationally, including Official Development Assistance

404.003

Operations—Policing

Objective: To reduce the criminal threats to Australia’s collective economic and societal interests by employing a multi-dimensional, multi-disciplinary approach to the fight against Commonwealth crime. This includes transnational crime (drug trafficking, people smuggling and human trafficking), as well as financial and corporate crime, identity crime and other Commonwealth offences

404.004

Close Operational Support

Objective: To provide specialist support to 3 AFP national security and operations programs, particularly to address advances in technology and science, and operations in response to particular Criminal Code offences

404.005

ACT Community Policing

Objective: To provide a community policing capacity to the ACT Government. AFP activities in this regard include the 4 key outputs of crime and safety management, road safety, prosecution and judicial support, and crime prevention

Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

405.001

International Organisations Contributions

Objective: To contribute funding to the International Telecommunication Union and the Asia Pacific Telecommunity to ensure that Australian interests are represented in international standards development, capacity building and telecommunications cooperation

405.002

Cybersafety

Objective: To inform and educate the Australian community, particularly young people, about online risks and to provide tools in response to the risks

405.003

Cybersecurity

Objective: To raise Australians’ awareness about cybersecurity and to educate them on safe and secure online practices

405.004

Digital Productivity

Objective: To assist local governments, Australian citizens and small businesses to acquire the skills and capabilities necessary to harness the benefits of high speed broadband

405.005

ICT Centre of Excellence

Objective: To develop an ICT Centre of Excellence to a world-class standard in research and research training, with associated commercialisation, linkages and collaboration activities

405.006

Regional Telecommunications Review Response

Objective: To improve telecommunications affordability and access for people and Indigenous communities in regional and remote areas

405.007

Community Broadcasting Program

Objective: To assist community broadcasters to deliver community radio and television services in the support of media diversity and social inclusion and to provide opportunities for media training and skills development

405.008

Digital Television Switchover

Objective: To achieve the switchover to digital-only television through: assisting commercial television broadcasters to provide additional services to viewers in regional and remote licence areas; assisting eligible households to convert to digital via the Viewer Access Satellite Service; and providing practical and technical assistance to those who are most likely to have significant difficulties in switching to digital television

405.009

Indigenous Broadcasting

Objective: To contribute to the Indigenous communications sector through funding for independent radio and media organisations and peak bodies, the development of professional skills and the promotion of Indigenous culture

405.010

Digital Television Switchover—spectrum restacking—assistance

Objective: To assist broadcasters to replace and retune existing television transmission equipment and allow the digital dividend spectrum to be cleared as soon as possible after the switch-off of analog television services

405.011

Spectrum—assistance to broadcasters for electronic news gathering

Objective: To assist free-to-air commercial broadcasters to facilitate the clearance of the 2.5 gigahertz spectrum band

Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

406.001

Extending the benefits of the Carbon Farming Initiative

Objective: To provide funding for research and development of reporting tools for Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodologies

406.002

Carbon Farming Initiative—Non-Kyoto Fund and Carbon Farming Skills

Objective: To purchase CFI credits that are not Kyoto-eligible and to promote the integrity of the CFI and ensure that landholders have access to high quality carbon services

406.003

Solar Cities

Objective: To support Australian residents to create a collective energy-wise response to climate change

406.004

Energy Efficiency Programs

Objective: To provide minimum energy performance standards and the labelling of residential and commercial buildings and the implementation of measures agreed by the Council of Australian Governments in relation to the National Strategy on Energy Efficiency

406.005

Solar Hot Water Initiative

Objective: To assist the energy efficiency of Australian homes through support to install new solar hot water systems or heat pump hot water systems

406.006

Green Loans/Green Start

Objective: To assist with energy efficiency initiatives in Australian homes by providing free home sustainability assessments, and reimbursing eligible Green Loans home assessors with costs of becoming an assessor and costs of further developing their professional qualifications

406.007

Home Insulation Program

Objective: To assist with energy efficiency in Australian homes through supporting the installation of insulation and the associated safety and industry assistance measures

406.008

GEMS National Legislative Framework

Objective: To implement minimum energy performance standards and labelling of appliances, equipment and products that significantly affect energy use

406.009

Clean energy future—Low Carbon Communities

Objective: To support the development and implementation of energy efficiency initiatives in local council facilities and infrastructure, community-use facilities and low-income households

406.010

Clean energy future—Carbon Deducible Gift Recipients Fund

Objective: To provide assistance to charitable organisations for the effective carbon price impact on essential maritime and aviation fuels

406.011

Clean energy future—Energy Efficiency Information grants

Objective: To provide information and training to help small and medium enterprises reduce energy costs

406.012

National Solar School Plan

Objective: To assist eligible primary and secondary schools to install solar and other renewable power systems, solar hot water systems, rainwater tanks and a range of energy efficiency measures

406.013

Local Government Energy Efficiency Program

Objective: To support local government authorities to install solar and heat pump hot water systems in their buildings and community facilities to improve energy efficiency

406.014

Clean energy future—Voluntary Action Pledge Fund and GreenPower purchases

Objective: To establish a tax deductible pledge fund that allows households and individuals to access the carbon market to voluntarily cancel permits

406.015

Climate Change Science Program

Objective: To fund research to improve knowledge of the causes, nature, timing and consequences of climate change

406.016

National Climate Change Adaptation Centre

Objective: To support the development of climate change adaptation policy and risk analysis

406.017

Natural Resource Management for Climate Change

Objective: To provide coordination of research to produce regional-level climate change impacts and adaptation information to support regional natural resource management planning

406.018

International climate change

Objective: To influence the development of international policies and measures in relation to climate change through the pursuit of broad based international climate action and agreement

406.019

Energy security fund

Objective: To provide transitional assistance to eligible emissions-intensive coal-fired generators

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

407.001

Support for the Child Care System

Objective: To support child care services so that more families can access quality early childhood education and childcare services. This program helps families to participate in the social and economic life of the community

407.002

Child Care Services Support

Objective: To support Child Care Services to:

(a)  improve access to child care; improve the quality of child care support; and

(b)  promote and maintain high quality care and inclusion for all children; and

(c)  promote and maintain high quality care and inclusion for all children; and

(d)  support the development, maintenance and dissemination of information to assist families to make informed decisions about child care

407.003

Jobs Education and Training Child Care Fee Assistance (JETCCFA)

Objective: To provide eligible parents with extra financial assistance to help with the cost of approved child care while undertaking activities such as job search, work, study, training or rehabilitation to help them to enter or re-enter the workforce

407.004

Early Childhood Education

Objective: To improve access to early childhood education and child care, to support optimal child development in the early years and prepare children for formal schooling

407.005

School Support

Objective: To support initiatives that aim to improve the quality outcomes for all Australian students

407.006

Teach Next

To address areas of teacher shortages in regional and hard-to-staff schools and to reduce the number of teachers currently teaching outside their subject areas

407.007

National Trade Cadetship

Objective: To deliver a school-based program that provides opportunities for students to undertake vocational learning and develop work readiness skills in preparation for a skilled occupation after leaving school

407.008

Online Diagnostic Tools

Objective: To deliver online assessment and learning tools for teachers and parents and to trial online delivery of the National Assessment Program including NAPLAN and sample population assessments in science, civics and ICT

407.009

Australian Baccalaureate

Objective: To develop a new voluntary recognised senior school qualification, the Australian Baccalaureate

407.010

Indigenous Ranger Cadetships

Objective: To assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to complete school and build their capacity for further study, training, jobs and careers in land, water and resource management

407.011

National Asian Languages in Schools

Objective:  To increase opportunities for school students to become proficient at learning the languages and understanding the cultures of our Asian neighbours, namely China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea

407.012

Grants and Awards

Objective: To assist in maintaining the operations of key national educational research and representative organisations

407.013

National School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program (NSCSWP)

Objective: To assist school communities to support the wellbeing of their students, including by strengthening values, providing pastoral care and enhancing engagement with the broader community

407.014

Helping Children with Autism

Objective: To provide support for children with autism spectrum disorder, their parents, carers, teachers and other professionals

407.015

Quality Outcomes

Objective: To provide projects that support the objective of improved student learning outcomes in schools and a national leadership role in school education

407.016

Framework for Open Learning

Objective: To maximise the benefits of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for educational purposes across education and training sectors

407.017

Local Schools Working Together

Objective: To encourage government, Catholic and independent schools to work together to develop shared educational facilities which will broaden the benefit of government expenditure on capital infrastructure

407.018

Student Resilience and Wellbeing

Objective: To support student resilience and wellbeing

407.019

Review of School Funding

Objective: To conduct further policy and technical work to refine and verify elements of the recommendations made in the Review of Funding for Schooling

407.020

One Laptop Per Child

Objective: To support One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Australia to roll out additional custom-built laptops to thousands of primary school students and to provide helpdesk and online support to participating schools

407.021

Maths and Science Participation

To improve participation in the study of mathematics and science at school and university

407.022

Indigenous Education

To support initiatives that aim to improve the quality outcomes for Indigenous Australian students

407.023

Trade Training

Objective: To enable all secondary students to access vocational education training through Trade Training Centres

407.024

Digital Education

Objective: To support the effective integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Australian schools

407.025

Digital Education Revolution Project Pool

Objective: To support the development of digital curriculum, assist teachers and school leaders to embrace technology, provide technical advice and support for initiatives, and support the Australian Curriculum by enabling the use, sharing and discovery of digital resources aligned with the new curriculum

407.026

Digital Education Revolution (Non-Government)

Objective: To help schools to provide new computers and other ICT equipment for students in Years 9 to 12, as well as providing the necessary infrastructure to support the installation and maintenance of the additional ICT

407.027

National Action Plan on Literacy and Numeracy

Objective: To support teaching, leadership and the effective use of student performance information to deliver sustained improvement in literacy and numeracy outcomes for all students, especially those who are falling behind

407.028

Education Infrastructure

Objective: To provide economic stimulus through the rapid construction and refurbishment of school infrastructure and to build learning environments to help children, families and communities to participate in activities that support achievement, develop learning potential and bring communities together

407.029

Smarter Schools—Improving Teacher Quality National Partnership

Objective: To support ambitious, nationally-significant and sustainable reforms to attract, train, place, develop and retain quality teachers and school leaders in classrooms and schools

407.030

Support for Students with Disabilities

Objective: To assist government and non-government education authorities to support their work with students with disability and learning difficulties

407.031

Students with Disabilities (COPE)

Objective: To support the implementation of the Students with Disabilities National Partnership

407.032

Student with Disabilities (Non-Government)

Objective: To assist non-government education authorities to support their work with students with disability and learning difficulties, and to build the capacity of schools and teachers to better meet students’ individual needs

407.033

Youth Support

Objective: To support all young people to make a successful transition from school to further education, training or work

407.034

Youth Attainment and Transitions National Partnership

Objective: To improve young Australians’ educational participation and attainment, their engagement, and their transition to post-school education, training and employment

407.035

Youth Engagement

Objective: To support young Australians to engage with government on decisions that impact on them, to transition to independent living, to celebrate their contribution to the community, to provide specific assistance to vulnerable young people and to provide comprehensive and up-to-date information about key issues and practices in the youth field

407.036

Empowering Local Schools

Objective: To support participating schools to make decisions, to better respond to the needs of students and the school community, and to provide services designed to assist their students to achieve their best educational outcomes

407.037

Empowering Local Schools (COPE)

Objective: Leadership to support research, communities of practice and professional development for principals and school leaders participating in Phase One of the initiative

407.038

Empowering Local Schools (Non-Government)

Objective: To support non-government schools to make decisions at a local level and to better respond to the needs of students and the school community

407.039

Rewards for School Improvement

Objective: To encourage a nationally-consistent and rigorous approach to school self-evaluation and improvement planning through implementation of a National School Improvement Framework and reward payments to schools showing the most improvement

407.040

Rewards For School Improvement (COPE)

Objective: Support to develop a National School Improvement Framework (NSIF)

407.041

Rewards For School Improvement (Non-Government)

Objective: To encourage a nationally-consistent and rigorous approach to school self-evaluation and improvement planning through implementation of a National School Improvement Framework and reward payments to schools showing the most improvement

407.042

National Rewards for Great Teachers

Objective: To recognise and reward quality teachers in Australia who achieve certification at the highest levels of the National Professional Standards for Teachers

407.043

Employment Services

Objective: To invest in the skills that unemployed Australians need for the future to help them find and retain employment, and to ensure that government assistance supports workforce participation and economic and social inclusion

407.044

Job Services Australia

Objective: Job Services Australia (JSA) is a streamlined and personalised service for job seekers enabling providers to more effectively respond to changing economic conditions. JSA provides job seekers with tailored services to equip them with the skills and attributes to meet employers’ needs

407.045

Jobs Fund

Objective: To support families and communities most affected by the global financial crisis

407.046

National Green Jobs Corps

Objective: To offer young people, aged 17–24 years, a combination of work experience, skill development and accredited training to ensure they are ready for employment in emerging green and climate change industries

407.047

Pacific Seasonal Workers Program

Objective: To establish a seasonal labour mobility program that will provide workers from Pacific Island countries and East Timor with the opportunity to work in selected Australian industries experiencing unmet demand for labour

407.048

Productivity Education and Training Fund

Objective: To support projects which drive a focus on leadership and productivity improvement through enterprise bargaining under the Fair Work framework

407.049

Regional Education, Skills and Jobs Plans

Objective: To improve participation and outcomes in education, training and employment in regional Australia

407.050

Mature-age participation—job seeker assistance

Objective: To provide support to assist mature-age job seekers, aged 55 years and over, who are unemployed and would like help to re-enter the workforce

407.051

Productive Ageing Package

Objective: To assist mature-age Australians, who want to work, to remain engaged in the labour market by providing training and support and to encourage job retention and the transfer of their skills to younger generations

407.052

Indigenous Employment

Objective: To increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ employment outcomes and participation in economic activities, contributing to the Australian Government’s commitment to halve the gap in employment outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians within the decade

407.053

Disability Employment Services

Objective: To help individuals with injury, disability or a health condition to secure and maintain sustainable employment through disability employment services and employment assistance

407.054

Employment Assistance and Other Services

Objective: To support those eligible job seekers with permanent disability who are assessed as needing regular long-term ongoing support in the workplace

407.055

Remote Jobs and Communities Program

Objective: To build jobs and create sustainable communities in Remote Australia

407.056

Remote Participation and Employment Services

Projective: To support employer engagement and economic development in communities

407.057

Remote Youth Leadership and Development Corps

Objective: To support young job seekers to undertake a structured program of up to 12 months to get them job ready, with a specific focus on providing work experience in jobs that are available in or near their community

407.058

Working Age Payments

Objective: To support people to improve their prospects of gaining employment, to acquire labour market skills and knowledge and to participate in society

407.059

Compensation and Debt Relief

Objective: To provide access for eligible recipients to discretionary payments in special circumstances or financial relief from amounts owing to the Commonwealth

407.060

Employee Assistance

Objective: To provide safety-net support for employees in certain circumstances or, alternatively, supporting long-standing industry arrangements which deliver employee benefits

407.061

General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme

Objective: A safety-net payment scheme established to assist employees who have lost their employment due to the liquidation or bankruptcy of their employer and who are owed certain employee entitlements

407.062

Workplace Assistance

Objective: To ensure the successful operation of the workplace relations system, in particular through initiatives designed to demonstrate the benefit of cooperative workplace relations and/or to assist employers and employees understand their rights and obligations under the system

407.063

Protected Action Ballots Scheme

Objective: To pay costs incurred by the Australian Electoral Commission in relation to protected action ballots

407.064

Home Workers Code of Practice Program

Objective: To support the development and promotion of the Home Workers Code of Practice and the ‘Ethical Clothing Australia’ label

407.065

International Labour Organisation Subscription

Objective: To enable the Australian Government to participate fully in the development of international labour standards, progress ratification of standards at the national level, report to the ILO on Conventions and workplace relations reforms, and participate as a member of the ILO Governing Body

407.066

Social and Community Workers Education and Information Program

Objective: To assist Queensland social and community services sector employers to meet their obligations under the new Australian Government regulations for back pay to employees in the sector

407.067

Workers’ Compensation Payments

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