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VOLUNTEERING AND UNPAID WORK PLACEMENTS AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN NSW

			COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

  
APPENDIX THREE - EXTRACTS FROM 7 SETS OF MINUTES 14 NOV 2013 - 20 NOV 2014

	Meeting	    Date	    Time	Dur Mins

	Mtg 22	M 11 Aug 2014	11:45 - 16:15	270

Minutes of proceedings of the Committee on Children and Young People (No. 22) 

TIME:		11.45 am - 4.15 pm 		DATE:	Monday 11 August 2014

LOCATION:	Macquarie Room Parliament House 
 
MEMBERS 	FULL COMMITTEE 7 MEMBERS

Present 				Apolgises

	6				1

Mr COURE (Chair)	  Liberal	Ms BURNEY	Labour
Ms GIBBONS (Deputy Chair) Liberal	
Ms BARHAM		  Greens
Mr BLAIR 		  National
Mr DONNELLY		  Labour
Mr GEE			  National

Mark COURE MP replaced Andrew CORNWALL MP as the Chair of this Committee on 18 Mar 2014

Staff in attendance: 4
Carly MAXWELL
Rohan TYLER
Sasha SHEVTSOVA
Millie YEOH
 

The Chair commenced the meeting at 11.54 am. 

1. Apologies 

An apology was received from Ms Burney. 

2. Confirmation of minutes

Resolved, on the motion of Mr DONNELLY, seconded by Mr BLAIR: 

That draft minutes No. 21 be confirmed. 


*** 

3. *** 


Inquiry into volunteering and unpaid work placements among children 
and young people in NSW 

 
4. Response to questions on notice and additional questions 

The Committee noted the receipt of a response to questions on notice and additional 
questions from the Centre for Volunteering, dated 17 July 2014. 

 
Resolved, on the motion of Ms BARHAM, seconded by Mr DONNELLY: 

That the Committee accept the response and publish it on the Committee’s 
webpage. 

The Committee noted the receipt of responses to additional questions from the 
Department of Education and Communities, dated 11 July 2014, and the NSW Youth 
Advisory Council, dated 18 July 2014. 

Resolved, on the motion of Ms BARHAM, seconded by Ms GIBBONS: 

That the Committee accept the responses and publish them on the Committee’s 
webpage. 

 
5. Public hearing: pre-hearing items 

Resolved, on the motion of Mr DONNELLY, seconded by Mr BLAIR: 

That the Committee invite the following witnesses to give evidence at the public 
hearing on Monday 11 August 2014: 

Ms Kerryn BOLAND, Children’s Guardian, Office of the Children’s Guardian 
Mr Morgan LANDER, Child Safe Resources Officer, Office of the Children’s Guardian 

Mr Eamon WATERFORD, Acting Managing Director, Youth Action 

Mr Adi PRASAD, Executive Director, Interns Australia 

Mr Mark LENNON, Secretary, Unions NSW 
Ms Emma MAIDEN, Assistant Secretary, Unions NSW 

Mr Todd BURNS, State Coordinator Youth Engagement, NSW State Emergency Service and 

Ms Veronica MACFIE, CEO, Youthconnections.com.au 

Resolved, on the motion of Ms BARHAM, seconded by Mr BLAIR: 

That the Committee authorise the audio-visual recording, photography and broadcasting of 
the public hearing, in accordance with the NSW Legislative Assembly’s guidelines for 
coverage of proceedings for parliamentary committees administered by the Legislative
Assembly. 

Resolved, on the motion of Ms GIBBONS, seconded by Mr DONNELLY: 

That the Committee authorise filming the public hearing for footage to be used for internal 
training purposes. 


Resolved, on the motion of Mr DONNELLY, seconded by Ms BARHAM: 

That the Committee authorise publishing the transcript of the day’s proceedings 
on the Committee’s webpage once corrections for inaccuracies have been made. 

*** 

6. *** 

Inquiry into volunteering and unpaid work placements among children 
and young people in NSW 


7. Public hearing – Inquiry into volunteering and unpaid work 
placements among children and young people in NSW 

Witnesses, the public and the media were admitted at 1.10 pm. 


The Chair opened the hearing. 

The following witness from the Office of the Children’s Guardian was examined on her 
former affirmation: 

Ms Kerryn BOLAND, Children’s Guardian 


The following witness from the Office of the Children’s Guardian was sworn and examined: 

Mr Morgan LANDER, Child Safe Resources Officer 

Evidence concluded, the witnesses withdrew. 

 
The following witness from Youth Action was sworn and examined: 

Mr Eamon WATERFORD, Acting Managing Director 


The following witness from Interns Australia was sworn and examined: 

Mr Adi PRASAD, Executive Director 

Evidence concluded, the witnesses withdrew. 

 
The following witnesses from Unions NSW were sworn and examined: 

Mr Mark LENNON, Secretary 

Ms Emma MAIDEN, Assistant Secretary 

Evidence concluded, the witnesses withdrew. 

 
The following witness from the NSW State Emergency Service was sworn and examined: 

Mr Todd BURNS, State Coordinator Youth Engagement 
 
Evidence concluded, the witness withdrew. 

 
The following witnesses from Youthconnections.com.au were sworn and examined: 

Ms Veronica MACFIE, CEO 

Mr Nicholas Ward KELLY, Representative 

Evidence concluded, the witnesses withdrew. 


The public hearing concluded at 4.12 pm. The public and media withdrew. 

 
8. Adjournment 

The Committee adjourned at 4.15 pm, sine die. 



	Mtg 23	W 15 Oct 2014	13:00 - 13:42	 42

	Mtg 24	H 20 Nov 2014	13:00 - 14:01	 61





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