Page 2235 - Week 07 - Thursday, 7 August 2014
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position, and is currently 100% funded by the ACT Government till June 30, 2014. From 1 July 2014, the TAMS funding contribution will drop to 50% and from 1 July 2015 to 25%. From 1 July 2017 this position will be entirely funded by the Trust. The occupant derives a Senior Officer Grade C equivalent salary and is engaged through an ACT Government contract up to June 30 2014, after which time this position will also move to a contract administered by the Trust, with the appropriate proportion of costs billed to TAMS on a monthly basis.
7) Refer to 6)
8) No, apart from as detailed in (6).
9) My office, TAMS, the Trust and its sub-committees co-operatively participated in finalising a structure that would best deliver on the objectives of the Trust.
10) The Trust does not operate as an administrative unit of Government. It is an Incorporated Association operating in keeping with its obligations under the Associations Incorporations Act 1991 and its Articles of Association which were first drafted by Government.
The structure of the Trust preserves a role for Government in two ways:
i. Through the membership of the Association of a Senior Executive Service employee who executes their responsibilities as an Association member; and
ii. Through the Minister retaining the power to issue directions to the Association; nominate Association members; discipline members, approve sources of funding; require the submission of an annual business plan and approve alterations of the Articles of Association.
11) Trust funds under management total $2,381,700.21 as at 31 March 2014.
12) Disbursement of funds by the Trust are based on a merit based process whereby both Trust sub-committees propose initiatives to the Association for funding. All funding expenditure is approved by the Association.
13) The Trust has recently been granted deductible gift recipient (DGR1) status from the Commonwealth, allowing donors to claim a tax deduction for funds donated to the Trust.
14) A donor can choose to stipulate either reserve as beneficiary of their donation.
15) Section 3 of the Trust Articles outlines the objects of the Trust. Inter alia it states the Trust:
Is established and must be maintained exclusively for public charitable purposes in Australia, being the purposes of providing money, property or benefits for:
(a) Managing, recovering, conserving and enhancing the natural environments of the ACT with a particular focus on the Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve and / or the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve; and
(b) Supporting research, education, recreation and tourism activities related to woodland recovery in the ACT with a particular focus on the Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve and / or the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve.
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