Wong, Sen Penny

Senator Wong: The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question: Attachment 'A' lists all grants and payments made to unions or employee organisations per year, since 1 January 2008. Attachment A The listing is based on organisations registered under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (the RO Act) but also includes the Australian Council of Trade Unions and The Union Education Foundation. Recipient Name Purpose Date of Effect / Date Paid Value Grant/ Payment Grant publication details 2008 Australian Workers Union (Victorian Branch) Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 22-Sep-08 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Australian Workers Union (Victorian Branch) Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 15-Oct-08 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Finance Sector Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 04-Jun-08 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Finance Sector Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 17-Sep-08 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Health Services Union of Australia (Victorian Branch) Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 22-Oct-08 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Transport Workers Union of Australia Federal Council Funding provided through the Workplace English Language and Literacy Program. 01-Oct-08 $5,048.78 Payment N/A 2009 Australian Council of Trade Unions Funding for activities contributing to the making of a modern safety award net. ACTU received a grant of $2.36m in 2009 as part of the Award Modernisation Funding. Grants were also made to two employer organisations, Australian Industry Group ($714,300) and Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ($272,900). 15-Dec-09 $2,365,000.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 9/3/10 Published on DEEWR Website Australian Municipal Administrative and Clerical Services Union Trading as Australian Services Union Assistance for the employment services sector. 18-Aug-09 $132,000.00 Grant Tabled for Senate order 95 on 26/10/09 Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 9/3/10 Published on DEEWR Website Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia This project will engage 10 Indigenous Australians into Plumbing Apprenticeships and continue to support 4 Indigenous Australians in existing Plumbing Apprenticeships over a 24 month period. 29-Jan-09 $340,000.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 9/3/10 Published on DEEWR Website Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia Community based Workplace English Language and Literacy classes for groups of Vietnamese, Chinese and Khmer home based clothing outworkers. Classes will be located in local communities close to where outworkers live. Delivery will be face-to-face and based on the Outworker Delivery System developed against the core modules of the TCF Training Package. As the clothing industry is facing further restructuring, this project includes LL and N activities for job searching and general English. 15-Feb-09 $117,590.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 9/3/10 Published on DEEWR Website Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia The project will provide competency-based training integrating language literacy and numeracy (LLN) for TCF workers in sweatshops in various regions of Melbourne namely: Preston, Fitzroy and Footscray. 16-Mar-09 $63,605.30 Grant Published on DEEWR Website Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia The project will provide competency-based training integrating language literacy and numeracy (LLN) for TCF workers in sweatshops in various regions of Melbourne. While integrating LLN the training is based around units of competency in the Clothing Production. 16-Mar-09 $97,011.20 Grant Published on DEEWR Website Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia The project will provide competency-based training integrating language literacy and numeracy (LLN) for TCF home-based workers in various regions of Melbourne namely: St Albans, Footscray, and Springvale. While integrating LLN the training is based around units of competency in the Clothing Production. 16-Mar-09 $87,706.30 Grant Published on DEEWR Website Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia 2008/2009 Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL) Resource Funding. 22-Jun-09 $80,993.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 95 on 26/10/09 Published on DEEWR Website The Union Education Foundation To provide grants to organisations to enable them to provide education and information services to assist employees, employers and small business in understanding the new workplace relations system. 03-Aug-09 $2,549,023.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 95 on 26/10/09 Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 9/3/10 Published on DEEWR Website Australian Workers Union Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 07-Dec-09 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 18-Mar-09 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 18-Mar-09 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 06-Apr-09 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Transport Workers Union of Australia NSW Branch Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 06-Oct-09 $2,500.00 Payment N/A 2010 Australian Council of Trade Unions To assist the ACTU to fulfil its obligations as a member of Safe Work Australia.ACTU received a grant of $2.25m in 2010 to assist their obligations as a member of Safe Work Australia. This was part of a $4.5m package of funding to the Australian Council of Trade Unions ($2.25m) and two employer organisations, Australian Industry Group ($1.125M) and Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ($1.125m). 19-Jan-10 $2,250,000.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 95 on 15/6/10 Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 14/6/11 Published on DEEWR Website Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union Grant to assist labour market adjustment in the automotive manufacturing industry. 06-Apr-10 $199,982.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 95 on 15/6/10 Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 14/6/11 Published on DEEWR Website Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia This project will use Voluntary Mobility Assistance to support the Communication, Electrical & Plumbing Union Apprenticeship Program in Melbourne. 23-Jun-10 $47,500.00 Grant Published on DEEWR Website Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia To provide 20 employment opportunities to Indigenous Australians in Melbourne. 15-Dec-10 $424,000.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 14/6/11 Published on DEEWR Website Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union To improve knowledge and awareness of regulatory frameworks that cover employees and contractors. 01-Jul-10 $165,000.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 95 on 25/10/10 Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 14/6/11 Published on DEEWR Website Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia Project to train Textile, Clothing and Footwear outworkers in the Certificate in Clothing Production, incorporating language, literacy and numeracy training. 30-Mar-10 $99,053.90 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 95 on 15/6/10 Published on the DEEWR Website Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia Providing competency based training, teaching units of Certificates in Clothing and Production while integrating language, literacy and numeracy in various regions around Melbourne. 30-Mar-10 $112,017.40 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 95 on 15/6/10 Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 14/6/11 Published on DEEWR Website The Union Education Foundation Grant funds to develop National Workplace Relations Education Programs for employee representatives from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2015. 27-May-10 $10,000,000.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 95 on 25/10/10 Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 14/6/11 Published on DEEWR Website Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (The) Funding for the Australian National Engineering Taskforce—Engineering Workforce Project. 21-Jul-10 $315,000.00 Payment N/A Australian Workers Union Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 09-Jun-10 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Australian Workers Union—Newcastle Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 28-Jul-10 $1,250.00 Payment N/A Australian Workers Union—Newcastle Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 12-Aug-10 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Australian Workers Union—Newcastle Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 12-Aug-10 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Australian Workers Union (Victorian Branch) Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Feb-10 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Australian Workers Union (Victorian Branch) Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 21-Apr-10 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Sponsorship for Indigenous Graduation Event. 15-Jan-10 $11,800.00 Payment N/A National Union of Workers Central Branch Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 15-Dec-10 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Transport Workers Union of Australia Federal Council Funding provided through the Workplace English Language and Literacy Program. 30-Jun-10 $46,471.70 Payment N/A Transport Workers Union of Australia Sa Branch Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 10-Feb-10 $1,500.00 Payment N/A 2011 Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (The) Funding to run workshops with key industry providers and stakeholders to disseminate, validate and respond to the recommendations arising from recent research into engineering skills capacity in the Road and Rail industries and building engineering capacity through education and training. 30-Nov-11 $25,000.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 95 on 9/2/12 Published on the DEEWR Website Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union Project Officer grant to assist labour market adjustment in the automotive manufacturing industry. 25-Jul-11 $199,982.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 10/5/12 Published on the DEEWR Website Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union Construction and General Division Victorian Branch Assistance to provide Victorian building and construction workers training in language, literacy and numeracy integrated with units of competency from Construction and Business Services training packages for Workcover licences and accredited First Aid courses. 14-Apr-11 $458,034.50 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 12/9/11 Published on the DEEWR Website Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia Assistance to deliver English language and literacy training to 50 participants from the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry. 23-May-11 $108,020.00 Grant Tabled for Senate Order 192 on 12/9/11 Published on the DEEWR Website Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (The) Funding for the Australian National Engineering Taskforce (ANET)—Engineering Workforce Project. 01-Apr-11 $35,000.00 Payment N/A Australian Workers Union—Newcastle Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 28-Nov-11 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Australian Workers Union—Newcastle Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 28-Nov-11 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $850.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $850.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $850.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Mar-11 $850.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 18-Mar-11 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 12-Apr-11 $750.00 Payment N/A Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 12-Apr-11 $1,800.00 Payment N/A Health Services Union (NSW Branch) Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 10-Aug-11 $1,500.00 Payment N/A National Union of Workers Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 23-Dec-11 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Transport Workers Union of Australia Sa Branch Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 28-Apr-11 $2,500.00 Payment N/A Transport Workers Union of New South Wales Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 01-Aug-11 $1,500.00 Payment N/A Transport Workers Union of New South Wales Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 05-Aug-11 $1,500.00 Payment N/A 2012 Aust Municipal Admin Clerical & Servs Union (Aust Servs Union—Nat Office) The Social and Community Sector Education and Information Program (SACSEIP) funds peak employer and employee organisations to provide information and education services to employers and employees in the social and community sector about the impact of the Equal Remuneration Order (ERO) and the Social, Community Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (SACS Modern Award). 07-Jun-12 $660,000.00 Grant Published on the DEEWR Website Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (The) To provide a better understanding of and recommend strategies to address key engineering workforce issues. In particular preparation for the study of engineering provided by schools; the lack of diversity in the engineering workforce including issues limiting participation by women (fewer than 10% of the current workforce) and migrant engineers; and ensure the adoption of best practice workforce development, with particular focus on government funded infrastructure projects. 24-Jan-12 $85,000.00 Grant Published on the DEEWR Website The Union Education Foundation To provide funds to establish a long term program of education and skills development to support cooperative and productive workplace relations that promotes national economic prosperity and social inclusion for all Australians. TUEF received a grant of $11m in 2012 to establish a long term program of education and skills development to support cooperative and productive workplace relations that promotes national economic prosperity and social inclusion for all Australians. This was part of a $22m package of funding to The Union Education Foundation ($11m) and two employer organisations, Australian Industry Group ($5.5m) and Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ($5.5m). This is a sub component of the larger $3 billion Building Australia's Future Workforce package of funding as part of the May 2011 Budget. To date the recipients have received half of their grant entitlement—TUEF $5.5m, ACCI $2.75m and AIG $2.75m. 29-Jun-12 $11,000,000.00 Grant Published on the DEEWR Website Australian Workers Union—Newcastle Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 23-Jan-12 $2,500.00 Payment N/A National Union of Workers Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 03-Jan-12 $1,500.00 Payment N/A National Union of Workers Incentive payment for eligible employers through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program. 06-Mar-12 $2,500.00 Payment N/A