Country Labor Dialogue - June 2011

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Country Labor diaLogue

C C i g C u C m m u i i s j u 2 0 1 1

state Conference 2011sydney own Hall

h year Annal Conference wll be a crcal one a

we dc how to refor and rebld or reat Party.

There will be the opportunity for all delegates to

participate in a special Rules debate on Saturday

afternoon and share their ideas.

There will also be a comprehensive Conference Fringe

program for all Party Members to participate in. For

more details, visit www.nswalp.com/2011-fringe-events

If you have any questions about Conference,

please feel free to contact me on 1800 503 035

or [email protected]

Cortney ocheCTR RISR

h year Annal Conference

wll be held back at or

tradtonal vene of sydney

own Hall on satrday 9 and

snday 10 jly 2011.

The Conference will feature

the Prime Minister Julia illard

addressing the Conference

on Sunday morning and the

SW Parliamentary Leader

John Robertson addressing the

Conference on Saturday morning.

The Presentation of Life

Memberships will be held at 2pmon Sunday afternoon.

ll Party Members are welcome to

attend. Dont forget to bring your

Party Card to gain entrance to

Town Hall.

meae fro the Contry raner


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Connectnrral conte

TheGillardLaborGovernmenthasusedthe2011-12Budgettohelp

families,and mostimportantly,supportmorejobs.

he Bdet bld on the

governent tron record of

lftn edcaton tandard by:

Providing reward payments

for our best teachers.

Around 25,000 of the

countrys best teachers

each year will receive a

reward payment worth up

to 10% of their salary.

Investing $200 million over

three years to Support

Students with Disabilities in

their classrooms and also

improve their learning

outcomes.

Supporting up to 3700

schools and theircommunities to establish

school chaplaincy services

or to enhance existing

services.

makn everychool areat chool

A tron econoyfor all

Creating 500,000 ob n the next two year nothing is more

important for dealing with bills than job security.

Helping families by:

1 increan faly payent for 650,000 teenagers

(over 5 years) by up to $4,200.

2 Making sure low-ncoe earner et ore n ther

pay packet ($300 a year) rather than having to wait

until the end of the year; and

3 iving the opton of havn chld care payent

pad fortnhtly.

iving all bnee a tax break so that they will get a $5,000

instant write-off to cars, trucks and utes.

nd cttn nneceary pendn to take prere off

naton and make sure the budget doesnt add to price pressures.

What n the Bdetfor yor faly?

ThisyearsFederalBudgetinvests

$200millionoverthe next3yearsto

support studentswithdisabilities.


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Better reonalhoptal

This budget provides $1.8 billion for

critical infrastructure upgrades to

public hospitals and health services

for regional ustralians,

so everyone has access to our

world-class healthcare, no matter

where they live.

Connectnreonal

conteWe are improving vital regionaltransport infrastructure, including

upgrading the Hume, Pacic, Bruce

and ew ngland highways and

investing in freight rail through the

ustralian Rail Track Corporation,

to better connect communities and

support local investment and jobs.

iprovnreonal

hher edcaton

Labor will strengthen regional

higher education and vocational

education training institutions

through a $500 million regional

priorities round of the ducation

Investment Fund. In addition,

further funding for regional loading

will help to overcome the higher

costs of regional campuses. The

overnment is also deploying

more Regional ducation, Skills

and Jobs Coordinators and rolling

out skills expos to ensure people

from regional areas have access to

quality education and skills training

to get the jobs of the future.

Bootn crtcalnfratrctrefor reonal

area and nnconte

This budget provides $916 million

for the rst projects under the

Regional Infrastructure Fund to

deliver important nation building

infrastructure.

The Regional Development

ustralia Fund will deliver

$1 billion to back local

infrastructure projects that best

t the economic and community

needs identied by regions.

The 2011-12Budgetprovides$916millionfortherstprojectsundertheRegionalInfrastructureFund.

tralan

spportnreonalAtrala

invetn $3 bllon n new kllntatve over 6 year

Workforce Development Fund that will deliver 130,000 training places

(over four years) directly tailored to industry skill needs placing

industry at the heart of the training effort.

Improving the apprenticeship system to allow apprentices to progress

faster if their skills warrant it (rather than serving out time)

Supporting up to 40,000 apprentices with mentoring, which will helpmore apprentices stay the course.

Delivering 30,000 more places in the Language, Literacy and Numeracy

program to provide the basic skills essential for a job.


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Do yo have a tory for Contry Labor?al yor tory and photo to [email protected]

Delvern for contry Atrala

A ave boot forreonal health care

Regional hospitals, health care, universities and

roads (to improve access) will see a funding

injection of $4.3 billion.

130,000 newtrann place

s part of a $3 billion fund for major new skills

initiatives (over 6 years).

Prortnental health

With a $2.2 billion investment

over ve years.

ew eare to helpore people nto work

specially the long-term unemployed, young

people who arent working, and parents from

jobless families.

A a naton weve ot to lvewthn or ean, t lke

fale do, whch why the

Bdet wll brn back to

rpl n 2012-13.

But the Budget is also about what

we value as a nation, so even in a

tight Budget, we have made new

investments vital areas like health

and education.

This budget will get back us backin the black, get more ustralians in

jobs and spread the opportunities of

the mining boom building a strong

economy for all ustralians.

jla gllardPRIM MIISTR

The2011-12Budgetwill deliveran extra$4.3 billion

forregionalhealthservices.

Pre mnter jla gllard wrte...

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