Families & Children 

Key Industry and Peak Groups Consultations 

16 December 2009 

Consultations on Paid Parental Leave were undertaken with key employer and employee representative groups, community organisations, tax practitioners and payroll software developers during August, September and October 2009.. The Government consulted with peak bodies where possible to maximise the number of organisations represented. The following organisations participated in the consultations.

Major employer and employee representatives through members of the Australian Government’s National Workplace Relations Consultative Council

  • Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Australian Council of Trade Unions
  • Australian Industry Group
  • Australian Mines and Metals Association
  • Business Council of Australia
  • Master Builders Australia
  • National Farmers’ Federation
  • Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association
  • Unions NSW

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Small business and the self-employed

  • Australian National Retailers Association
  • Australian Hotels Association
  • Australian Newsagents’ Federation
  • Australian Retailers Association
  • Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia
  • Independent Contractors of Australia
  • Pharmacy Guild of Australia
  • Real Estate Institute of Australia
  • Restaurant and Catering Australia

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Family and community stakeholder groups

  • Anglicare
  • Australian Council of Social Services
  • Australian Human Rights Commission
  • Australian Womens’ Coalition
  • Catholic Social Services
  • Early Childhood Australia
  • Families Australia
  • Lone Fathers Association of Australia
  • National Council for Single Mothers
  • National Rural Women’s Coalition
  • Salvation Army
  • Shared Parenting Council of Australia
  • Sole Parents Union
  • State and Territory children’s commissioners
  • The Smith Family
  • Uniting Care Australia
  • WomenSpeak Network YWCA Australia

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Tax agents, payroll specialists and software developers

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has consultative forums which include a number of stakeholders from the business and community sector. For more information about the peak bodies involved in the forums listed below, visit the Australian Taxation Office website’s Community consultation page.

  • ATO Tax Practitioner Forum
  • Commissioner’s Small Business Consultative Group
  • Software Developers Consultative Group.

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