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A Time to Value - Consultations

A Time to Value - Proposal for a National Paid Maternity Leave Scheme

Consultations

DATE
PAID
MATERNITY LEAVE CONSULTATION
ASSISTED
BY
30
April 2002		 Women's
groups and community, Sydney		 BPW
New South Wales, Women's Electorial Lobby, YWCA New South Wales
23
May 2002		 Unions,
Brisbane		 Queensland
Council of Unions
24
May 2002		 Employers,
Brisbane		 Council
for Equal Opportunity in Employment
24
May 2002		 Women's
groups and community, Brisbane		 Anti-Discrimination
Commission Queensland
30
May 2002		 Employers,
Melbourne		 Council
for Equal Opportunity in Employment
31
May 2002 		Women's
groups and community, Not if but how: Paid Maternity leave -
a Victorian perspective Forum, Melbourne		 Centre
for Applied Research at RMIT University, EMILY's List, YWCA Victoria
5
June 2002		 Women's
groups and community, Darwin		 Anti-Discrimination
Commission Norther Territory
6
June 2002		 Women's
groups and community, Katherine, Northern Territory 		Katherine
Women's Information and Legal Service
7
June 2002		 Northern
Territory Chamber of Commerice and Industry		  
7
June 2002		 Unions,
Darwin		 Trades
and Labour Council of Northern Territory
12
June 2002		 Employers,
Sydney		 Council
for Equal Opportunity in Employment
13
June 2002		 Employers,
Adelaide		 Council
for Equal Opportunity in Employment
14
June 2002		 Women's
groups and community, Adelaide		 Equal
Opportunity Commission of South Australia
17
June 2002		 Employers,
Canberra 		Council
for Equal Opportunity in Employment
19
June 2002		 Adoptive
parents, Sydney		 Australian
Adoption Campaign
20
June 2002		 Employers,
Perth		 Council
for Equal Opportunity in Employment
20
June 2002		 Women's
groups and community, Perth		 Women's
Electoral Lobby, Office for Women's Policy, West Australia
21
June 2002		 Unions,
Perth 		Unions
Western Australia
26
June 2002		 Women's
groups and community, Hobart		 YWCA
of Tasmania, Women Tasmania
27
June 2002		 Employers,
Hobart		 Council
for Equal Opportunity in Employment
27
June 2002		 Unions,
Hobart		 Unions
Tasmania, Police Association of Tasmania
1
July 2002		 Unions,
Adelaide		 Australian
Education Union (South Australia Branch)
3
July 2002		 Unions,
Sydney		 New
South Wales Labor Council
8
July 2002		 Women's
groups and community, Canberra		 YWCA
of Canberra, Women's Electoral Lobby
9
July 2002		 Unions,
Melbourne		 Trades
and Labor Council of Victoria
16
July 2002		 Unions,
Canberra		 Trades
and Labor Council of the Australian Capital Territory
17
July 2002		 Women's
groups and community, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales		 BPW
Australia
14
August 2002		 Academic
roundtable, Sydney

In attendance:

Marian Baird,
Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney; Michael
Bittman, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South
Wales; Deborah Brennan, Department of Government and International
Relations, University of Sydney; Bettina Cass, Social Policy Unit,
University of Sydney; Bruce Chapman, Centre for Economic Policy
Research, Australian National University; Peter McDonald, Research
School of Social Sciences, Australian National University; Alison
Preston, Women's Economic Policy Analysis Unit, Curtin University
of Technology
27
August 2002		 Key
employer, union and women's groups representatives roundtable, Melbourne

In attendance:

Peter Anderson,
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Cath Bowtell, Australia
Council of Trade Unions; Joe De Bruyn, Shop, Distributive and
Allied Employees' Association; Eva Cox, Women's Economic Think
Tank; Karen Curtis, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
Lisa Heap, Australian Services Union; Sandy Killick, Women's Electoral
Lobby; Heather Ridout, Australian Industry Group; Joanne Schofield,
Australian Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union;
Meg Smith, National Pay Equity Coalition; Judith Van Unen, BPW,
Australia.

In addition to
above listed consultations, the Sex Discrimination Commissioner held
a number of smaller, targeted meetings with individuals and representatives
from various organisations. The Commissioner also attended and addressed
a number of conferences on paid maternity leave, where she answered
questions and engaged in discussion on the issue.