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advocacy | 14 December 2009
Trade in Engineering Services Australia and the European Union
This submission outlines survey work undertaken by Engineers Australia to profile engineering exporters. It also outlines Engineers Australia existing linkages with European engineering organisations and information on market access issues and the operation of the engineering services sector within the European Union.
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advocacy | 14 September 2009
Regulation of engineers (WA) (Sep 2009)
The submission puts forward Engineers Australia's position on a proposed Engineers Act for WA.
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advocacy | 16 August 2009
Review of Migration Occupations in Demand List (Aug 09)
The submission states that Engineers Australia agrees that a distinction needs to be drawn between nation building objectives which require a step-wise increase in the number of new engineers and cyclical factors which result in temporary variations in the demand for engineers. The submission also puts the view that the proposed model will meet these objectives but also comments significant difficulties that need to be resolved.
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advocacy | 7 July 2009
SA Parliamentary Select Committee inquiry into Private Certifiers (July 2009)
The submission addresses the issues around loose controls on who certifies structural engineering design and construction.
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advocacy | 16 June 2009
National Broadband Network - Greenfield sites (June 2009)
The submission raises issues of ownership and responsibility for the greenfield estate infrastructure once it has been installed and is commissioned for operation. Under current legislation, the use of infrastructure for carriage of telecommunications services requires that a licensed carrier be responsible for the carrier obligations for that infrastructure. Engineers Australia believes it unlikely that an entity will readily wish to take responsibility for operation without having a stake in t
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advocacy | 15 June 2009
Water Resource Management and Planning Charges (WA) (June 2009)
Engineers Australia strongly supports the inclusion of water planning and resource management costs into all water prices. Failing to recover these costs in this way subsidizes water costs and results in sub-optimal water decisions. Engineers Australia appreciates that there may be periodic circumstances when assistance to offset water prices, particularly for irrigators, may be warranted. When decisions along these lines are proposed, the circumstances, the assistance provided and the costs inv
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advocacy | 1 June 2009
National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband (June 2009)
Engineers Australia believes that Australia?s telecommunications infrastructure is a vital component of effective economic activity and growth, and has a fundamental impact on the Australian community?s standard of living. Telecommunications infrastructure provides the means for business to communicate with suppliers, customers and employees and allows local business to access Australia?s and the world?s marketplace. Individuals are able to broaden their communications networks and their
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advocacy | 1 June 2009
Review of the Western Australian Professional Standards Act (June 2009)
The submission outlines Engineers Australia's support for the Act, reiterates the need for consultation between departments on schemes and the operation of the Act, and outlines Engineers Australia's concerns about government agencies imposing contract terms that exclude professional standards scheme members.
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advocacy | 17 May 2009
A National Waste Policy (May 09)
Engineers Australia strongly supports the establishment of a national waste management policy to consolidate and build on past gains. National consistency is essential for Australia to discharge its obligations under existing international agreements and conventions. Extending national consistency to include definitions of different classes of waste, national consistency in the principles that underpin waste management practice and nationally consistent waste data collections geared to a researc
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advocacy | 11 May 2009
Towards an Australian Energy White Paper (May 2009)
Engineers Australia firmly believes that maximising Australia?s future energy potential depends on recognition that global development in coming decades will be increasingly guided by sustainable development principles. In particular global climate change mitigation, which despite some short term uncertainties ahead, will drive the way people everywhere look at energy demand and supply, with the result that many of today?s standard approaches will be regarded as anachronistic. An Australian
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advocacy | 1 May 2009
Inquiry into Skill Shortages in the Rail Industry (May 2009)
The submission was made to the Victorian Education and Training Committee. It considers the current engineering skills available in Australia and outlines the skills shortage currently being experienced in the sector. The education of engineers in the vocational and university sectors is considered. Engineers working in the rail industry represent a wide range of engineering disciplines, for example, civil, electronic, electrical, mechanical, industrial and production engineering. However, the s
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advocacy | 15 April 2009
Harmonisation of energy supply industry technical and safety regulations (Apr 2009)
The submission comments that a future regime should not allow the lowest common denominator to be adopted in national standards on network safety standards and safety critical work practices. The submission comments on the energy network safety system; small and isolated networks; the central ENSS register; mandatory standards; criteria for referencing standards; governance arrangements; acceptance/certification; enforcement and compliance bodies; standards development; national energy skills p
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advocacy | 8 April 2009
The CPRS and Climate Change Policy (Apr 2009)
The submission puts forward the view that the CPRS must be complemented by other measures including energy efficiency, renewable energy and enhanced support for research, development and deployment of low emissions technologies. Each of these appears in the Government?s suite of programs, but Engineers Australia is not yet convinced that Australia is aiming to realise the full potential of complementary measures. Engineers Australia is concerned that the inter-relationship between the CPRS and
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advocacy | 1 April 2009
Protection of Moveable Cultural Heritage Act Review (Mar 2009)
This submission reflects the views of members of Engineering Heritage Australia and advocates a number of changes to the Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations and public literature.
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advocacy | 1 April 2009
Review of Western Australia's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Bodies (Apr 2009)
The submission makes comment on science, technology and innovation challenges facing Western Australia; gaps and opportunities in government policy on innovation and the need for recognition of the role that engineering plays in innovation; the influence of industry and firm structure on innovation; regulatory environment support for innovation; adequacy of levels of investment; constraints on innovation; the role of government and the value of science, technology and innovation advisory bodies.
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advocacy | 1 April 2009
Draft Policy Statement on Sea Level Rise (NSW) (Apr 2009)
The submission states that while the actual numbers will be debated for some time to come (as summarised in the draft technical note) Engineers Australia supports the declared SLR planning benchmarks in NSW as a useful starting point. With regard to sea level rise, the key issue is adaptation. The submission strongly encourages reinforcing the policy and benchmarks by raising them to a regulatory or statutory level. Not doing so is likely to lead to a limited implementation, resulting in non-com
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advocacy | 26 March 2009
The comments in the submission address the following issues: ? Scope of EMC regulation ? Threshold of compliance levels ? Labelling ? Recording keeping Requirements
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advocacy | 25 March 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and Related Legislation (Mar 2009)
The submission puts forward the view that a portfolio of measures must be employed to deal with the necessary greenhouse gas emissions reduction to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Engineers Australia strongly supports the introduction of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) as the economic backbone for a climate change policy portfolio. Engineers Australia believes that a range of complementary measures must be used in conjunction with the CPRS. While these measures
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advocacy | 27 February 2009
National Curriculum Framing Papers on Maths and Science (Feb 2009)
The submission provides comments on the framing paper and states the new National Curriculum must build the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) literacies of Australian students. STEM literacies must be targeted within the education system and they must be recognised for their fundamental roles in the process of innovation and economic growth. The submission makes the point that in addition to specific curriculum, both mathematics and science must be integrated into other lea
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advocacy | 23 February 2009
National Offset Carbon Standard (Feb 2009)
Australian businesses and householders are committed to their own efforts to reduce emissions over and above any reduction that results from emissions trading and other formal national programs. Central to these efforts are the calculation of carbon footprints, decisions on how emissions can be reduced through an entity?s own efforts and the purchase of carbon offsets for residual emissions. This submission supports the proposed Carbon Offset Standard and makes comment on some of the proposed
