- Repeal of Federal Government GST
Legislation for the First Aid Industry
Note: This legislation
discriminated against private first aid providers by making first
aid training undertaken by "not-for-profit' organisations, GST
exempt. It is now GST free for ALL providers as a direct result of
AECP lobbying.
- Repeal of the Queensland State
Government's legislation, which endorsed the Queensland Ambulance
Service (QAS) as the accrediting body for First Aid training
within that state.
Note: As the QAS was
also the major provider of first aid within that state, there was
an obvious conflict of interest issue to be resolved. All RTOs are
now recognised and free to undertake training in that State
without the additional hindrance of this legislation.
- Lobbying of the Victorian State
Government re: unfair and inefficient use of public monies to
sponsor only one first aid training provider in order to convey
their WorkCover message.
Note: This campaign
resulted in a government assurance, after taking the WorkCover
Authority to the Victorian Civil & Administrative Appeals Tribunal
(VCAT) that this type of sponsorship would not occur again without
the involvement of the entire First Aid training industry.
- Liaison and consultation with
the NSW WorkCover Authority during their review of the NSW First
Aid Regulation.
Note: This resulted in
one day training programs becoming available for industry in order
to better suit their needs and other prescriptive requirements
being deleted or amended.
- Consultation with the
governments of the Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T.) and
Federal Government to delete specific reference to volunteer
organisations as examples, and/or recommended training providers
within their various documentation.
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- AECP Lobby campaign against the
Federal Government specifically including the names of volunteer
bodies as recommended training providers within their Information
Booklet on Terrorism.
Note: Whilst the Federal Government didn't like this lobby
campaign, it further reinforced to them and the minor political
parties that the first aid industry is far greater than just one
or two organisations.
- Liaison and consultation with
the first aid industry and the Health & Community Services ITAB
resulting in the introduction of the National First Aid
Competencies.
- Successful intervention by AECP
on a Victorian member's behalf when they were advised that a
member of the A.R.C. would also be attending an AQTF audit
undertaken by OTTE.
Note: This situation was successfully resolved amicably once OTTE
was made aware of the status of the A.R.C. as neither an
accrediting nor authorising body.
- Successful negotiations - Group
Insurance Discounts for AECP members with Insurance House - 2005.
- Successful lobby campaign with
SA WorkSafe - review of First Aid Regulation. In order to review
more flexibility of training and recognition of Nationally
Recognised courses - Nov 2005.
- Successful in negotiating a
State Ambulance Award in the state of NSW - Feb 2006.
- Successful lobby campaign
against NSW WorkCover resulting in NSW WorkCover proposing they
retreat from the "First Aid Approval Process", recognise
Nationally Recognised courses delivered by RTOs and allowing more
flexibility re: structure of course content - April 2006.
- Dinner Presentation on "Law and
First Aid" by law firm Truman Hoyle Lawyers held in July 2008.
Recorded DVD is available for a small cost. This event was used to
launch AECP.
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