Weekly Update: Disability Care and Support, Aged Care & ALP 2011 National Conference
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Productivity commission’s final report into disability care and support
The Gillard Labor Government announced(吉拉德工黨政府宣布) that it will start work immediately with states and territories on measures that will build the foundations for a National Disability Insurance Scheme, following the release of the Productivity Commission’s final report into the matter.
The Government asked the Productivity Commission to examine reform of disability support services because we believe that the system we have today is not delivering the kind of care and support Australians expect for people with disability.
The main recommendations of the Productivity Commission are:
A National Disability Insurance Scheme should be created to provide all Australians with insurance for the costs of support if they or a family member acquire a disability. The scheme will provide individually tailored care and support to around 410 000 people with significant disabilities.
A National Injury Insurance Scheme should be created to provide no fault insurance for anyone who suffers a catastrophic injury.
Read More Here
Productivity Commission final report on Aged Care
This week the Gillard Labor Government released the 2011 Productivity Commission Report, Caring for Older Australians .
The Government thanks the Productivity Commission for their final report, which provides analysis of the aged care sector and detailed proposals for aged care reform. The recommendations in the report will be considered as part of the Government’s broader ageing agenda.
The Government will develop its response to the report’s recommendations guided by four overarching principles:
First, every older Australian has earned the right to be able to access quality care and support that is appropriate to their needs, when they need it.
Secondly, older Australians deserve greater choice and control over their care arrangements than the system currently provides.
Thirdly, funding arrangements for aged care need to be sustainable and fair, both for older Australians and for the broader community.
And finally, older Australians deserve to receive quality care from an appropriately skilled workforce.
Read More Detail Here
Treasurer’s Economic Note
Each week Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan sends out an Economic Note to keep you up to date with the most recent economic news and informed of what lies ahead for Australia.
This week Treasurer Swan(副總理兼國庫部長斯萬) outlines that the wild swings on international financial markets have understandably left many people anxious about the outlook for the world economy. The Treasurer cautions against reading too much into short-term movements in the share market. Just as a big gain in trading over a day or a couple of days doesn’t mean the challenges faced by Europe and the United States have been solved, a big fall doesn’t mean they’re insurmountable either. It will take time for these major economies to get their houses in order. Tough decisions will clearly need to be made to reduce their excessive levels of debt and ensure their budgets are sustainable. Unfortunately this means the outlook for the global economy will remain uncertain for some time .
In Australia, though, we need to remember that our fundamentals are strong by any yardstick. As a report by the International Monetary Fund highlighted last week, Australia has very low public debt, low unemployment, a massive pipeline of investment and we expect to bring the budget back to surplus next financial year, although as the Treasurer noted last week, obviously current global events make that task much tougher. Read more here.
National Conference 2011
Registration for National Conference is now open. Party members wishing to attend the 46th ALP National Conference can register online here.
Party members and State/Territory Branch staff wishing to volunteer during National Conference should complete the Volunteer expression of interest form or email national.conference@alp.org.au.
Expressions of interest are now being sought from organisations who may wish to host a Fringe Program Event at the 46th National Conference.
The Fringe Festival program allows special interest and lobby groups to present and encourage debate around their particular issues at the National Conference.
WHEN: Friday 2 December – Sunday 4 December 2011
WHERE: Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour
Find out more about the Fringe program and download an Expression of Interest Form here
Agenda In Focus
Labor’s carbon price plan cuts pollution and protects jobs
Labor’s carbon price plan cuts pollution:
by 160m tonnes a year by 2020 – equal to removing 45 million cars from our roads.
It helps with living costs:
Pensions up – up to $338 a year extra for single, and up to $510 for couples;
Family Benefits up – up to an extra $110 per child in FTB(A)
Student allowances up – up to an extra $218.
Taxes down – tax cuts for taxpayers earning up to $80,000, with most being worth around $300 a year. A higher tax-free threshold, so more than one million Australians will no longer pay tax at all;
Small business costs down – a new instant asset writeoff of $6,500 for small business;
And it protects Australian jobs:
with $9.2bn to assist workers in trade-exposed industries including $300m to transform steelmaking, $1.2bn to support coal and $1.2bn for clean technology in manufacturing.
Australia deserves action on climate change. Labor’s plan delivers, for jobs, the environment and Australian households.
Read More Here
The Team @ Labor Connect
PS Make sure your friends and family know about what is happening at Labor Connect by forwarding them this email with a story they might be interested in.
Joe Hockey reveals extent of the Opposition’s Budget Black Hole
Penny Wong posted Friday, 12 August 2011
After weeks of recklessly talking down Australia’s economy, Mr Hockey has now revealed yet another huge hole in the Opposition’s budget figures.
A green Australia is not so taxing
Julia Gillard posted Friday, 12 August 2011
Big policy announcements are like fireworks. When several happen at once, only one tends to be noticed.
The Great Australian Survey
Andrew Leigh posted Tuesday, 9 August 2011
In the 1947 film ‘Magic Town’, James Stewart plays an opinion pollster who discovers the town of Grandview: a perfect statistical mirror of the United States. Anything you want to know about the country can be found out merely by tallying the residents of Grandview .
August Labor History Quiz
Ross MucMullin posted Monday, 8 August 2011
Can you work out this months Who Am I? Have a go at Ross McMullins Labor History Quiz to test your knowledge! Check in here for last months answers and winners.
Australian unemployment rate remains low
Chris Evans posted Thursday, 11 August 2011
Minister for Jobs, Senator Chris Evans said today’s ABS Labour Force figures confirms that Australia’s unemployment rate remains low, at a rate the envy of the developed world.
$558 million fund to deliver real reform and skills for 130, 000 Australians
Chris Evans posted Wednesday, 10 August 2011
The Gillard Government today launched a $558 million fund which will provide 130,000 Australians with the opportunity to learn new skills for jobs in sectors suffering from critical skill shortages.
A National Conversation on Healthy and Positive Ageing
Julia Gillard & Mark Butler posted Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Julia Gillard and Mark Butler today met with local seniors at a fitness and leisure centre in Canberra in the lead up to a national conversation on how to promote opportunities for healthy and positive ageing.
Remote Indigenous Housing Targets exceeded
Jenny Macklin posted Tuesday, 9 August 2011
More Indigenous people will benefit from new and refurbished houses, after the Australian Government exceeded its targets for improving Indigenous housing in remote communities.
What is on in your area? Sign up to Labor Connect and promote your event to thousands of activists from the Labor Movement across Australia.
You can submit your event at Labor Connect & we will include in the newsletter here.
Young Progressive Leaders Program
Saturday, 13 August 2011, Sydney
The Chifley Research Centre is doing a small training course for 8 young, prgoressive Australians. The Program will be run over two days, combining introductory sessions on the social democratic ideas of the ALP and the union movement, with some tools for campaigning and making social change.
National Museum of Labor Cocktail Function
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, Sydney
The National Museum of Labour and Senator Kate Lundy will host a cocktail function at Senate Committee Room 2S1 on Wednesday 17 August 2011 from 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm to introduce you to the National Museum of Labour project.
27th Ben Chifley Memorial Dinner and Light on the Hill Address
Saturday, 17 September 2011, Sydney
For over 25 years the Light on the Hill Addresss has been one of the most important events on the calender of the Australian Labor Party. This year’s address will be delivered by the Hon Linda Burney.
National Conference
Friday, 02 December 2011, Sydney
A strong economy is important – it generates jobs for working families and helps us build a fairer society. The Labor Government’s response to the global financial crisis protected jobs and small businesses.
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Weekly Update: Disability Care and Support, Aged Care & ALP 2011 National Conference
Australian Labor 于 2011年08月14日 18:51 (星期日) 发给 …等 1 人。完整信息
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Dear sihong,
Productivity commission’s final report into disability care and support
The Gillard Labor Government announced(吉拉德工党政府宣布) that it will start work immediately with states and territories on measures that will build the foundations for a National Disability Insurance Scheme, following the release of the Productivity Commission’s final report into the matter.
The Government asked the Productivity Commission to examine reform of disability support services because we believe that the system we have today is not delivering the kind of care and support Australians expect for people with disability.
The main recommendations of the Productivity Commission are:
A National Disability Insurance Scheme should be created to provide all Australians with insurance for the costs of support if they or a family member acquire a disability. The scheme will provide individually tailored care and support to around 410 000 people with significant disabilities.
A National Injury Insurance Scheme should be created to provide no fault insurance for anyone who suffers a catastrophic injury.
Read More Here
Productivity Commission final report on Aged Care
This week the Gillard Labor Government released the 2011 Productivity Commission Report, Caring for Older Australians .
The Government thanks the Productivity Commission for their final report, which provides analysis of the aged care sector and detailed proposals for aged care reform. The recommendations in the report will be considered as part of the Government’s broader ageing agenda.
The Government will develop its response to the report’s recommendations guided by four overarching principles:
First, every older Australian has earned the right to be able to access quality care and support that is appropriate to their needs, when they need it.
Secondly, older Australians deserve greater choice and control over their care arrangements than the system currently provides.
Thirdly, funding arrangements for aged care need to be sustainable and fair, both for older Australians and for the broader community.
And finally, older Australians deserve to receive quality care from an appropriately skilled workforce.
Read More Detail Here
Treasurer’s Economic Note
Each week Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan sends out an Economic Note to keep you up to date with the most recent economic news and informed of what lies ahead for Australia.
This week Treasurer Swan(副总理兼国库部长斯万) outlines that the wild swings on international financial markets have understandably left many people anxious about the outlook for the world economy. The Treasurer cautions against reading too much into short-term movements in the share market. Just as a big gain in trading over a day or a couple of days doesn’t mean the challenges faced by Europe and the United States have been solved, a big fall doesn’t mean they’re insurmountable either. It will take time for these major economies to get their houses in order. Tough decisions will clearly need to be made to reduce their excessive levels of debt and ensure their budgets are sustainable. Unfortunately this means the outlook for the global economy will remain uncertain for some time.
In Australia, though, we need to remember that our fundamentals are strong by any yardstick. As a report by the International Monetary Fund highlighted last week, Australia has very low public debt, low unemployment, a massive pipeline of investment and we expect to bring the budget back to surplus next financial year, although as the Treasurer noted last week, obviously current global events make that task much tougher. Read more here.
National Conference 2011
Registration for National Conference is now open. Party members wishing to attend the 46th ALP National Conference can register online here.
Party members and State/Territory Branch staff wishing to volunteer during National Conference should complete the Volunteer expression of interest form or email national.conference@alp.org.au.
Expressions of interest are now being sought from organisations who may wish to host a Fringe Program Event at the 46th National Conference.
The Fringe Festival program allows special interest and lobby groups to present and encourage debate around their particular issues at the National Conference.
WHEN: Friday 2 December – Sunday 4 December 2011
WHERE: Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour
Find out more about the Fringe program and download an Expression of Interest Form here
Agenda In Focus
Labor’s carbon price plan cuts pollution and protects jobs
Labor’s carbon price plan cuts pollution:
by 160m tonnes a year by 2020 – equal to removing 45 million cars from our roads.
It helps with living costs:
Pensions up – up to $338 a year extra for single, and up to $510 for couples;
Family Benefits up – up to an extra $110 per child in FTB(A)
Student allowances up – up to an extra $218.
Taxes down – tax cuts for taxpayers earning up to $80,000, with most being worth around $300 a year. A higher tax-free threshold, so more than one million Australians will no longer pay tax at all;
Small business costs down – a new instant asset writeoff of $6,500 for small business;
And it protects Australian jobs:
with $9.2bn to assist workers in trade-exposed industries including $300m to transform steelmaking, $1.2bn to support coal and $1.2bn for clean technology in manufacturing.
Australia deserves action on climate change. Labor’s plan delivers, for jobs, the environment and Australian households.
Read More Here
The Team @ Labor Connect
P.S. Make sure your friends and family know about what is happening at Labor Connect by forwarding them this email with a story they might be interested in.
Joe Hockey reveals extent of the Opposition’s Budget Black Hole
Penny Wong posted Friday, 12 August 2011
After weeks of recklessly talking down Australia’s economy, Mr Hockey has now revealed yet another huge hole in the Opposition’s budget figures.
A green Australia is not so taxing
Julia Gillard posted Friday, 12 August 2011
Big policy announcements are like fireworks. When several happen at once, only one tends to be noticed.
The Great Australian Survey
Andrew Leigh posted Tuesday, 9 August 2011
In the 1947 film ‘Magic Town’, James Stewart plays an opinion pollster who discovers the town of Grandview: a perfect statistical mirror of the United States. Anything you want to know about the country can be found out merely by tallying the residents of Grandview.
August Labor History Quiz
Ross MucMullin posted Monday, 8 August 2011
Can you work out this months Who Am I? Have a go at Ross McMullins Labor History Quiz to test your knowledge! Check in here for last months answers and winners.
Australian unemployment rate remains low
Chris Evans posted Thursday, 11 August 2011
Minister for Jobs, Senator Chris Evans said today’s ABS Labour Force figures confirms that Australia’s unemployment rate remains low, at a rate the envy of the developed world.
$558 million fund to deliver real reform and skills for 130, 000 Australians
Chris Evans posted Wednesday, 10 August 2011
The Gillard Government today launched a $558 million fund which will provide 130,000 Australians with the opportunity to learn new skills for jobs in sectors suffering from critical skill shortages.
A National Conversation on Healthy and Positive Ageing
Julia Gillard & Mark Butler posted Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Julia Gillard and Mark Butler today met with local seniors at a fitness and leisure centre in Canberra in the lead up to a national conversation on how to promote opportunities for healthy and positive ageing.
Remote Indigenous Housing Targets exceeded
Jenny Macklin posted Tuesday, 9 August 2011
More Indigenous people will benefit from new and refurbished houses, after the Australian Government exceeded its targets for improving Indigenous housing in remote communities.
What is on in your area? Sign up to Labor Connect and promote your event to thousands of activists from the Labor Movement across Australia.
You can submit your event at Labor Connect & we will include in the newsletter here.
Young Progressive Leaders Program
Saturday, 13 August 2011, Sydney
The Chifley Research Centre is doing a small training course for 8 young, prgoressive Australians. The Program will be run over two days, combining introductory sessions on the social democratic ideas of the ALP and the union movement, with some tools for campaigning and making social change.
National Museum of Labor Cocktail Function
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, Sydney
The National Museum of Labour and Senator Kate Lundy will host a cocktail function at Senate Committee Room 2S1 on Wednesday 17 August 2011 from 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm to introduce you to the National Museum of Labour project.
27th Ben Chifley Memorial Dinner and Light on the Hill Address
Saturday, 17 September 2011, Sydney
For over 25 years the Light on the Hill Addresss has been one of the most important events on the calender of the Australian Labor Party. This year’s address will be delivered by the Hon Linda Burney.
National Conference
Friday, 02 December 2011, Sydney
A strong economy is important – it generates jobs for working families and helps us build a fairer society. The Labor Government’s response to the global financial crisis protected jobs and small businesses.
This email was sent by G. Wright, Australian Labor, 5/9 Sydney Avenue, Barton(此电子邮件发送由G.怀特，澳大利亚工党，5 / 9悉尼大道，巴顿) ACT to chensihong1961@126.com
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