Government
Policy and Legislation
(including
Compacts)
Compacts
NZ
Community & Voluntary sector Working Party Report
2000
In
recognition of the need to restore a positive relationship,
the NZ gobernment in 2000 established the Community
& Voluntary sector working party to consider the
scope of a proposed agreement between government and
Iwi/Maori, community and voluntary organisations.
South
Australian Government Compact on Volunteering
The SA compact document
titled 'Advancing the Community Together' was launched
on May 19, 2003 by the Premier of SA.
Valuing
Volunteers Queensland initiative
Valuing
Volunteers was released by the Qld government during
National Volunteer Week 2007 and outlines the Qld
government commitment to volunteering
Legislation
Commonwealth
Volunteers Protection Bill 2002
This bill was passed by the
House of Representatives on December 4, 2002 and introduced
to the Senate on December 5, 2002. More information
about the Bill is available from the Parliamentary
library (pdf)
Volunteers
(protection from liability) Act 2002
The volunteers (protection from liability) Act is
an initiative of the Western Australian state government.
The Act aims to protect certain volunteers from liability,
and instead transfer that liability to community organisations.
More information can be found on the WA Volunteering
Secretariat’s policy & legislation page
Policy
Good
Practice Funding website (NZ)
This
website distils the funding principles and processes
of government agencies in New Zealand and overseas.
It is seen as a key tool for improving government
agency funding practices to NGOs in order to help
build the strength and capacity of the community and
voluntary sector.
National
Agenda on Volunteering
The National Agenda on Volunteering
was produced during the International year of Volunteers,
2001 as a joint project between Volunteering Australia
and Australian Volunteers International. The national
agenda outlines key strategies that the voluntary
sector identified as being critical development areas,
and while not produced by government, it was presented
to governments around Australia at the end of IYV
in the hope that it will form a blueprint for future
strategies.
New
Zealand Government Policy on Volunteering
This page on the NZ Ministry
of Social Development website outlines the NZ government's
commitment to sound volunteer management practices
Police
Record Check Procedures in South Australia
This
brochure outlines the SA government's process for
screening volunteers utilising police record checking
Taxation
Tax
issues surrounding volunteers
This
page on the Australian Taxation Office website outlines
the taxation issues that apply to volunteers in Australia
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