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Wed 14 Jul 2021						Recipient:6112MSZ1
REF: AACMGEe1	      	IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST		Y/R: Community Mtg 10 Jun 2021

Zali STEGGALL OAM MP					E: 
Federal Member for Warringah				M:{61}(4}
AUSTRALIAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES			P: {61}(2)
PO Box 450 MANLY NSW 1655				W: zalisteggall.com.au

Dear Zali					cc	Australian Legislators 

	VALUE OF VOLUNTEER TIME IN 2013 WAS OVER $ 25.9 BILLION

Thank you for your response email Fri 09 Jul 2021 re the extended restrictions for 
the COVID-19 which are currently increasing day-by-day in different States

As the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic and the variants escalate, it is going to 
become increasingly important to offset these accounting debts quickly before they 
become a crippling burden on communities now

If you review the 2014 Report "Economic Value of Volunteering in Tasmania" you will 
find the following research tables:

Table 1: Volunteering in Australia, 2006 

			Volunteer Number of	Average	  Total	  Fulltime
			Rate 	  Volunteers 	Hours 	  Hours   Equivalent
						Donated (millions)  Jobs 	
												
Tasmania 		36.0% 	     134,323	134.9       18.1    11,185
New South Wales 	32.7%      1,703,109	140.3	   238.9   147,498
Victoria 		32.7%      1,289,453	137.7	   177.6   109,604
Queensland 		37.8%      1,166,551	137.6	   160.5    99,085
South Australia 	31.4%  	     382,367	126.3	    48.3    29,810
Western Australia	36.3%  	     566,851	130.5	    74.0    45,663
Northern Territory 	35.8%  	      53,622	151.6	     8.1     5,018
Aus Capital Territory	38.4%	      98,566	106.8	    10.5     6,498	
Australia		34.1%      5,394,842	136.4	    736.1   454,361 

Table 2: The Economic Impact of Volunteers in Australia by Jurisdiction, 2006 ($ billions) 

	  Tas 	  NSW 	  Vic 	  Qld 	  SA 	  WA 	  NT 	  ACT 	  Aus 
2006 	$ 0.5b 	$ 6.5b 	$ 4.8b 	$ 4.4b 	$ 1.3b 	$ 2.0b 	$ 0.2b 	$ 0.3b 	$ 20.0b

Current 
prices3	$ 0.6b 	$ 8.4b 	$ 6.3b 	$ 5.7b 	$ 1.7b 	$ 2.6b 	$ 0.3b 	$ 0.4b 	$ 25.9b

3 As at September 30, 2013 (ABS, 2013b)

The value of a Volunteer hour in 2013 was $ 35.21 when the calculation of the 
Economic Value of Volunteers $ 25.9 Billion per annum was stated as above - what 
is the value of a Volunteer hour 8 years later in 2021 ?

Volunteer Committee Participation as Community Assets

All Sports Communities, Council Communities and Councils in Australia also have 
extensive Volunteering at regular Committee meetings whereby the minutes record 
the attendees, preparation of reports and actual time spent by Volunteers at these 
committee meetings

These Committee activities should be included as an Asset in the Economic Value of 
that Community

Indeed with repeated COVID-19 outbreaks, many of these meetings may be 
performed On-line or by Zoom meetings hence should be included as Economic 
Contributions 

This issue of the Economic Value of participation in On-line Committees was 
recognised by the foundation members of the Open Interchange Consortium [OIC] at 
the inaugural AGM minutes and members' mandates in 1996

Following that AGM OIC members developed a number of On-line services 
including Electronic Committee Information Management [ECIM] which was based 
on research carried out with South Sydney Council, South Sydney Chamber of 
Commerce, British Standards Institute [BSI] and the UK Institution of Electrical 
Engineers [IEE] based in Savoy Place London very close to the Australian Embassy 
and Austrade in Strand London

The research by OIC members into ECIM included hourly Accreditation credits for 
Electronic Committee Participation which was used by Electronic Business [eBXML]
Australia 2000-2002

As Tasmania has been heavily involved with the most recent Volunteer research 
perhaps Senator Jacqui LAMBIE and other independent Politicians may be prepared 
to work with you to provide legislation to offset COVID-19 costs with a Volunteer 
Credits systems including Electronic Committee Information Management [ECIM]

Members of the OIC ECIM project team would be prepared to provide ECIM to a
Council Volunteer groups eg Mosman Council Volunteers, North Sydney Council
Volunteers, Northern Beaches Council Volunteers for a Pilot project if you 
consider it suitable for an evaluation project to offset COVID-19 costs

Yours sincerely 



Peter AXTENS LLB (Retired)				Clare GARDINER
Chair							Research Co-ordinator
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN] 

B: PO Box 517 Neutral Bay Junction 2089			
E: PPWC.rs1@gmail.com
M: {61}(4)4827-8153					
W: www.oic.org/SAN/

Att

A	2014 Report: Value of Volunteering in Tasmania 

LEGEND

EDI	Electronic Data Interchange
SME	Small and Medium size Enterprises
UNFCCC  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC]
XML	Extensible Mark-up Language


I	Other Inner West Council Documents that are part of the CSP2036

	a	Strategies
	b	Plans
	c	Statements
	r	Research References

a	Strategies

Is1 Resourcing Strategy [ReS] 2018-2028 Adopted Jun 2018- PDF File		
Is2 Climate + Renewables Strategy [CRS] - draft On-line		
Is3 Employment and Retail Lands Strategy [EaRLS] - PDF File		
Is4 Housing Strategy [HS] - PDF File
Is5 Integrated Transport Strategy [ITS] Adopted 03 Mar 2020 - PDF File
Is6 Asset Management Strategy [AMS]2018-28 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File		
Is7 Workforce Management Strategy [WMS] 2018-22 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File		
Is8 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Strategy 2018-2022 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File

b	Plans

Ip1 Community Strategic Plan [CSP] 2036 Endorsed Jun 2019 - On-line
Ip2 Economic Strategic Development Plan [EDSP] draft - On-line
Ip3 Long Term Financial Plan 2019-2029 Adopted Jun 2019 - PDF File

c	Statements

It1 Local Planning Statement [LPS]		

r	References

R6 2019-01-19 Adelaide Advertiser: Compensation paid to Slave Owners 1835 - 2015 (180 yrs)

R5 2003-2014 Value of Volunteers to Australian State Economies

R4 2014-11-07 IBM "Blockchain" solution for the Diamond Industry Video

R3 1997 Lessons from a Dozen Years of Group Support Systems Research - 4,000 IBM projects

R2 Sir Evelyn de Rothschild - Director De Beers 1977-1994 & IBM UK 1972-1995

R1 1987-04-23 RUBAC Automatic eProcess Synchronisation Video

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