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Rural and Remote Committee

This national working group was established in May 2000 with the following objective:

"To assist ACSA develop a range of strategies and policy recommendations that will promote the capacity of aged and community services in rural and remote areas to provide access to quality care on a par with services in urban areas, and which will support and ensure their ongoing viability." The working group has developed a Work Plan for 2009/2010 - Rural & Remote Work Plan 2009/2010

The working group is made up of state representatives who have experience and expertise in this area and they are:

Sharon Davis, Frontier Services, Northern Territory
Alan Graham, ACS SA/NT
Yvonne Kromkamp, Mt St Vincent, Tasmania
Julie Christensen, Narrogin Cottage Homes, WA
Kevin Klose, Autumn Lodge Village, NSW
Marg Stephens, Research Assistant, Aged and Community Services Australia

National Community Care Committee (NCCAC)

ACSA has established a national Community Care Advisory Committee in response to its large and growing representative role for the community care sector. The Committee provides a forum to consider and address community care issues nationally.

Committee Members are as follows:

Jill Savell, Director of Community Care, Southern Cross Care, Tas
Ruth Wilson , Community Care Policy Officer, Aged & Community Services NSW &ACT
Peta Braendler, Community Services Policy Officer, Aged & Community Services SA & NT
Christine Bevan, Southern Eastern Community Care Tas
Patricia Mitchell, Manager Comm. Care, ACSWA,
Mary Chan , (Minutes Secretary) Research Assistant, Aged & Community Services Australia

The Committee has been proactive in lobbying for reform of community care to address issues such as the number of programs used to fund its services.

Housing and Retirement Living Committee

ACSA's National Housing and Retirement Living Advisory Committee has been convened to focus on the wide range of issues in the provision of suitable, affordable and accessible housing and accommodation (including retirement villages) for older people, younger people with disabilities and their carers. Members of the Committee are:

Lyn Polley, Life Care, North Adelaide
Rod Hunt, St Annes, TAS
Mick Burke, Uniting Church Homes, WA.
Elizabeth Teece, ACS NSW & ACT
Sharon Davis, Frontier Services, NT
Mike Furner, Baptist Community Services NSW/ACT
Barbara Squires, Benevolent Society

National Workforce Committee

Illana Halliday, ACS NSW/ACT
Darren Matthewson, ACS Tasmania
Jennifer Lawrence, Brightwater Care Group, WA
Carol Mohan & Peta Braendler, ACS SA/NT
Mary Chan, Research Assistant, Aged & Community Services Australia

Residential Care Advisory Committee

The Residential Care Advisory Committee was established in June 2002 to harness the residential care expertise and skills that exist within the Federation and to provide input to the development of national policy in this area.

Residential Care Committee Work Plan 2008-20010 . Members of the Committee are as follows:

Carolanne Barkla , ACS SA & NT
Angela Holzberger, Guilford Young Grove Mt St Canice, TAS
Kevin Klose, McLean Care, NSW
Wendy Porter, ACS WA
Colleen Rivers, Chesalon, NSW

National Education and Training Committee (NETAC)

In May 2003, ACSA established the National Education and Training Advisory Committee to harness the education and training expertise that exists within the Federation. The committee provides a forum to address education and training issues at a national level and co-ordinate and share Federation activities and resources. Members of the Committee are: