❓ The WA Government refuses to allocate additional funds to community service providers to compensate for Equal Remuneration Order (ERO) increases, citing previous funding initiatives as sufficient.
AnsweredQoN 348Legislative Council
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I refer to the 2012 Equal Remuneration Order (ERO), and the failure of the previous Government to factor annual ERO increases into the government funding indexation formula, and I ask:
(a) will the Government allocate funds to compensate contracted community service providers for required ERO increases; and
(b) if no to (a), why not?
(a) will the Government allocate funds to compensate contracted community service providers for required ERO increases; and
(b) if no to (a), why not?
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Answered
31 October 2017
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Treasurer
Response time
9 days
(a) No.
(b) The previous State Government provided additional funding through the Sustainable Funding and Contracting with the Not for Profit Sector Initiative, as part of the 2011-12 State Budget. This investment considered the impact of the Equal Remuneration Order on community service providers.
(b) The previous State Government provided additional funding through the Sustainable Funding and Contracting with the Not for Profit Sector Initiative, as part of the 2011-12 State Budget. This investment considered the impact of the Equal Remuneration Order on community service providers.
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