The Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) on Veterans’ Employment comprises representatives from a broad range of Australian businesses and industries. It provides advice from an industry perspective on initiatives to support veterans’ employment, including the Prime Minister’s National Veterans’ Employment Awards and new initiatives, such as the Enhanced Employment Support for Veterans Grants Program. The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs appoints member organisations, and membership is reviewed every three years.
The IAC provides advice to the Australian Government from an industry perspective as required on:
• measures to embed effective veteran employment strategies into the recruitment and workforce policies and practices of Australian business, including monitoring and evaluation methods of recruitment and retention rates
• opportunities to extend awareness raising, to increase veteran employment
• barriers to the successful employment of veterans and strategies to address those barriers
• implementation of Government initiatives to support veteran employment
• assistance and resources that would benefit veterans who are interested in becoming or are an entrepreneur
• strategies to encourage the employment of partners of serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) members, and
• information on employment pathways provided to transitioning ADF members.
Further information
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Type of Body
D. Advisory Body - Policy and Stakeholder Consultation
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Established By / Under
Minister
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Paid Members?
No
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Max No. of Board/Committee Members
12
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Classification
B. Secondary
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Creation Date
Current board appointments
Position | Appointee | Start Date | End Date |
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Chair | Mr. George Frazis | 9 March 2017 | 31 December 2023 |
Deputy Chair | Ms. Natalie Colbert | 6 October 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Richard Johnson | 6 October 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Peter Liston | 6 November 2022 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Ms. Natalie Heazlewood | 20 April 2023 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Mark Jansen | 6 October 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Andy Keogh CSC | 6 October 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Ms. Amy List | 6 October 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Colin McDowell | 6 October 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Andrew Plaskett | 6 October 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Brett Sangster | 11 November 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Clint Thomas AM, CSC, RANR | 6 October 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Michael Ward | 6 October 2020 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Jim Boekel | 21 April 2023 | 31 December 2023 |
Member | Mr. Garth Chester | 21 April 2023 | 31 December 2023 |
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