Links
Index by Subject
Federal Government
Human Rights Organisations
Occupational Health and Safety
Political Parties
State Government
Superannuation
Union Related sites
Workers Compensation
Federal Government
Department Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
This is the site of the Federal Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The site has information on a range of industry training matters including information on traineeships and apprenticeships.
Department Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
A Federal Government Department dealing with family and community services policy including disability services.
Department Health and Ageing
This Federal Government Department deals with Federal Government policies and programs concerning health and ageing.
Federal Parliament
A good site to find out how our federal parliament runs. Find out who said what and when and to whom. Lots of good info sheets.
National Competition Council
This site has been developed to enhance community understanding of National Competition Policy by allowing greater access to information developed by the Council.
Nursing Midwifery Board
Need Information?
Registration information to the Nursing Midwifery Board can be found on this link.
Privacy Commission
This site provides information on your rights to privacy and includes the new the Privacy Act of December 2001 which now gives you new rights in relation to how your personal information is handled by many private sector organisations.
Productivity Commisison
The Productivity Commission is the Australian Government's principal review and advisory body on microeconomic policy and regulation. The Commission conducts public inquiries and research into a broad range of economic and social issues affecting the welfare of Australians.
Human Rights Organisations
Amnesty International
Amnesty International would be well known to many HACSU members as a campaigning movement that works to promote human rights. Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the United States. Human Rights Watch researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world.
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission is a national independent statutory government body, established in 1986 by an Act of the federal Parliament, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act. Under the legislation administered by the Commission, it has responsibilities for inquiring into alleged infringements under three anti-discrimination laws - the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, as well as inquiring into alleged infringements of human rights under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Act 1986.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is the world's leading independent organisation for medical aid. Annually, some 2,500 MSF volunteer doctors, nurses and support staff work in trouble spots around the world helping those living on the edge of human tolerance.
Oxfam Community Aid Abroad
Oxfam Community Aid Abroad is an independent, Australian, secular and voluntary community-based organisation that brings together people from diverse backgrounds, beliefs and cultures in order to build a fairer world.
Union Aid Abroad (APHEDA)
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA was established in 1984 by the Australian union movement and given responsibility to contribute directly to countries and regions of the world where men and women workers are disadvantaged through poverty, a lack of workplace/human rights and civil conflict. HACSU is an active supporter APHEDA.
United Nations-Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR)
This is the site of the High Commissioner for Human Rights who is the official with principal responsibility for United Nations human rights activities.
Occupational Health and Safety
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma
The Mesothelioma Cancer Center is an up-to-date resource for all mesothelioma issues ranging from mesothelioma statistics to diagnosis options.
Mesothelioma Symptoms
Mesothelioma Symptoms - Cancer information and facts
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission
The National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) is a tripartite statutory body, with government, employer and employee representatives and aims to keep Australian workplaces free from injury and disease.
Workplace Standards Tasmania
Workplace Standards Tasmania (WST) is part of the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources. Workplace Standards Tasmania is responsible for administration of much of the legislation which regulates business in Tasmania, including occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, long service leave, shop trading hours, public holidays and some occupational registrations.
Political Parties
Australian Democrats
This is the national site for the Australian Democrats which includes links to the Democrat state sites.
Australian Greens
This is the national site for the Australian Greens which includes links to the State Green sites.
Australian Labor Party
This is the site for the Labor Party at the national level. The Labor Party is currently in opposition and led by Simon Crean.
Australian Labor Party Tasmanian State Branch
This is the home page of the Tasmanian Branch of the ALP led by Premier Jim Bacon
Liberal Party
This is the national site for the Liberal Party who are currently in government at the Federal level and led by Prime Minister John Howard.
National Party
Socialist Alliance
Socialist Alliance
State Government
A Better Tasmania 2008 PSUWA
PSUWA 2008 latest updates and all information including wages streams
Department of Health and Human Services
This is the official public site for the Department where many HACSU members are employed. It provides an overview of the programs provided by the Department and includes an outline of the corporate structure.
Department of Premier and Cabinet
This is the site for the Government Department for which the Premier of Tasmania is directly responsible.
Nursing - Department of Health and Human Services
Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services
Our Island Our Voices
Our Island Our Voices is a new campaign for a fairer Tasmania.
With the State Election in March 2010, Our Island Our Voices is about giving Tasmanians the chance to engage in the Election and have their say on Tasmania's future. This is a totally independent community campaign with no affiliation to any political party or candidate
Tasmanian Legislation
The Site gives free public access to current Tasmanian Legislation in consolidated form. HACSU members who have an interest in knowing how the law stands will find this Site an invaluable tool.
Tasmanian Online
This site provides a comprehensive guide to Tasmania on the Web and includes links to Tasmanian business, community and goverment websites.
Tasmanian Parliament
This comprehensive site allows you to follow the work of parliament and your elected representatives and includes transcripts of debates in parliament, an index to the parliamentary library, a guide to how parliament works and much more.
Workplace Standards Authority
This is the site of Workplace Standards Tasmania which is responsible for administration of much of the legislation which regulates business in Tasmania, including occupational health and safety, workers’ compensation, long service leave, shop trading hours, public holidays and some occupational registrations. It also has responsibility for many industrial relations matters.
Superannuation
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)
ASFA is a non-profit, non-political national organisation whose mission is to protect, promote and advance the interests of Australia's superannuation funds, their trustees and their members. There are some interesting reports and discussions papers avaliable on this site if you want to get into super matters in more detail.
Financial Industry Complaints Service Limited
Got a complaint about your super fund? Contact the Financial Industry Complaints Service. This a company that has been established to provide free advice and assistance to consumers to help them in resolving complaints relating to the financial services industry, including life insurance, superannuation, funds management, financial advice, stock broking, investment advice and sales of financial or investment products.
HESTA
Major health industry superannuation fund
Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF)
RBF has been helping Tasmanians for 100 years secure their financial future.
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal
This is the site for Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) which is an independent Tribunal set up by the Commonwealth Government to deal with complaints about:
superannuation funds,annuities and deferred annuities; and Retirement Savings Accounts (RSA's)
Tasplan
One of two major superannuation funds in the hospital industry
Union Related sites
ACTU Site for Schools
This site is very useful to students and teachers and provides information on career choice, work experience projects, the role of Unions in protecting workers, particularly young workers and a comprehensive glossary of terms used at work and in training.
American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organisations (AFL-CIO)
AFL-CIO is a federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million working women and men.
Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU)
The ACTU is the peak Union body in Australia. HACSU is an affiliate of the ACTU through our national union the HSUA.
Fair Work Australia
Fair Work Australia is the national workplace relations tribunal. It is an independent body with power to carry out a range of functions.
International Confederaiton of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
This is the site for the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU),which was set up in 1949 and has affiliated organisations in 148 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 157 million. It plays an important role in linking together national unions from a particular trade or industry at international level.
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
This is site for the International Labour Organization which is the United Nations specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. The ILO formulates international labour standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour rights: freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, equality of opportunity and treatment, and other standards regulating conditions across the entire spectrum of work related issues
ME Bank
If you're a member of an industry super fund, ME Bank is your Bank.
Public Services International (PSI)
This is the site for the international trade union federation for public sector unions which has more than 600 public service trade unions as affiliates in more than 140 countries. Together these unions represent more than 20 million public sector workers.
The Evatt Foundation
The Evatt Foundation was established in 1979 as a memorial to Dr Herbert Vere Evatt with the aim of advancing the ideals of the labour movement, such as equality, participation, social justice and human rights. For the past twenty-three years the Foundation has been helping to promote these ideals through research, publication and discussion.
Unions Tasmania
Unions Tasmania is the peak union body in Tasmania. It is made up of affiliated unions including HACSU. It is the Tasmanian Branch of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (the ACTU).
Victorian Branch of the Health and Community Services Union
This link takes you to the Victorian Branch of the Health Services Union (HSU) also known as the Health and Community Services Union. HSU is a registered organisation under the provisions of the Australian Workplace Relations Act 1996.
Workers Online
Workers Online is the official journal of LaborNet, a union portal sponsored by the Labor Council of NSW in partnership with Social Change Online.The aim of Workers Online is to promote debate within the trade union movement, provide a platform for union stories and act as a counter-balance to the mainstream media's coverage of workplace issues.
The Joanna Briggs Institute
The Joanna Briggs Institute was established late in 1996 as an initiative of the University of Adelaide Dept Clinical Nursing and the Royal Adelaide Hospital in recognition of the need for a collaborative approach to the evaluation of research and its integration into nursing practice.
Workplace Standards Tasmania
This is the state government authority responsible for workers compensation
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