To facilitate an adequate and appropriate supply of disability, aged care and veterans' care service providers, including for the purposes of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the Aged Care Act 1997 and the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 , by:

(a) funding regional coordinators to provide assistance to existing and potential new disability, aged care and veterans' care service providers; and

(b) funding specialist coordinators to monitor disability, aged care and veterans' care service provision and to identify issues that may affect the adequate supply of such services; and

(c) assisting disability service providers to prepare to provide services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, by making grants to them and providing them with access to services provided by third parties that are relevant to the preparation of those providers.

This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:

(a) to support veterans and defence force members and their families; or

(b) for the provision of, or incidental to the provision of, unemployment, sickness or hospital benefits or medical services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or

(c) to give effect to Australia's obligations under either or both of the following:

(i) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 4, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27;

(ii) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12.

484

Volunteer Management Activity

To provide funding to:

(a) develop, establish and maintain an online platform to:

(i) provide information and digital resources to volunteer support services, volunteer involving organisations and volunteers, including in relation to training, reporting and capacity building; and

(ii) facilitate communication, collaboration and sharing of information and digital resources between volunteer support services and volunteer involving organisations; and

(b) volunteer organisations to:

(i) deliver support and training over the internet to volunteer support services, volunteer involving organisations and volunteers; and

(ii) provide support and training to volunteer involving organisations to access and use the online platform referred to in paragraph (a); and

(iii) increase access to volunteering opportunities, and remove barriers to volunteering, for identified priority groups; and

(iv) facilitate employment pathways for identified priority groups.

This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:

(a) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or

(b) with respect to aliens (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution); or

(c) with respect to Indigenous Australians and particular groups of Indigenous Australians; or

(d) with respect to immigrants; or

(e) to give effect to Australia's obligations under one or more of the following:

(i) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, particularly Article 3;

(ii) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 4 and 19;

(iii) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4 and 6;

(iv) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 6; or

(f) undertaken in, or in relation to, a Territory.

485

Stronger Places, Stronger People

To improve outcomes for children in disadvantaged communities through:

(a) supporting families, and assisting communities to support families, to prepare for parenthood and caregiving responsibilities and further the development of the children in their care; and

(b) discouraging use of harmful substances such as tobacco, alcohol and drugs amongst prospective parents; and

(c) encouraging young people to seek employment; and

(d) preparing young people for employment; and

(e) ensuring women have access to appropriate pre-natal and post-natal services; and

(f) undertaking measures to help children to live safely and outside the youth justice system;

by providing funding to:

(g) design and implement a national model; and

(h) enable communities to develop, implement and evaluate strategies to achieve the outcomes of the program, including by establishing local project teams to support communities to do this; and

(i) develop tools and resources that can be tailored to, and used by, communities;

to give effect to Australia's obligations under one or more of the following:

(j) the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, particularly Article 20;

(k) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, particularly Articles 2 and 12;

(l) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 3, 4, 6, 18, 19, 24, 27, 28, 29 and 31;

(m) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2, 6 and 12;

(n) the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (as amended), particularly Articles 4 and 38;

(o) the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, particularly Article 14;

(p) the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, particularly Articles 5, 12 and 14.