APPENDIX A

BUDGET CONSULTATION
(SUBMISSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT)

Budget Consultation (Submission Acknowledgement)
The 2011-12 Budget consultation process was launched on 22 October 2010, encouraging interested community and business groups, unions and individual Canberrans to share their views and suggestions on budget expenditure and capital priorities, savings and efficiency measures that may be considered by the Government in framing the 2011‑12 Budget.
Background information and links to relevant documentation, including previous Budget Papers, were made available to the community through the Budget Consultation Website www.treasury.act.gov.au/budgetconsultation.
Advertisements were also placed in The Canberra Times and in The Chronicle calling for community input into the Budget.  Submissions expressing ideas and comments were sought by 17 December 2010.
A total of 77 written submissions were received.  The submissions covered a diverse range of issues including disability, health, education, community services, sports and recreation, arts and entertainment.  Submissions were made publically available on the Budget Consultation Website unless a confidentiality request was received.
Departments and agencies reviewed the submissions for consideration in the development of proposals for the 2011‑12 Budget.  Views and suggestions provided by the community were also used to inform decision making, drawing on the knowledge and experiences of users and providers of government services.
The Government would like to thank and acknowledge the following community groups and organisations for their contributions and participation in the 2011‑12 Budget consultation process.
A Gender Agenda 
ACT Kidney Health Australia Consumer Committee
ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations Inc.
ACT Council of Social Service Inc. (ACTCOSS)
ACT Mental Health Consumer Network Inc.
ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing
ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Women (MACW)
ACTSport Inc.
Advocacy for Inclusion
Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA)
Anglicare Canberra and Goulburn
ArtSound FM/PhotoAccess
Association of Independent Retirees (A.I.R.) Limited
Association of Independent Schools of the ACT Inc. (AISACT)
Ausdance ACT Inc. (Australian Dance Council)
Australian Education Union – ACT Branch (AEU)
Australian Information Industry Association
Australian Nursing Federation (ACT Branch)
Australian Red Cross
Autism Asperger ACT
Belconnen Arts Centre Inc.
Board of Management for the Jerrabomberra Wetlands
Calvary Health Care ACT Limited
Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA) 
Capital Region Fishing Alliance (CRFA)
Carers ACT
Catholic Education Commission
Child, Youth and Family Agencies ACT (CYFAACT) Joint Submission with the Richmond Fellowship, Marymead, Barnados Canberra and Galilee
Clubs ACT
Common Ground Canberra
Communities@Work/Galilee Inc.
Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU)
Community Legal Centres (Joint Submission between the Tenants Union, Welfare Rights & Legal Centre and the Women’s Legal Centre)
Conservation Council of the South East Region & Canberra
Council of the Ageing (COTA – ACT)
Directions ACT
Environmental Defender’s Office (ACT) Inc.
Greening Australia
Headspace ACT
Health Care Consumers’ Association (HCCA) Inc.
Inanna Inc. (Crisis Service)
Karinya House for Mothers and Babies
Kidsafe ACT Inc.
Marymead
Mental Health Community Coalition ACT (MHCC ACT)
Mental Illness ACT (MIEACT)
National Council of Women of Australia ACT Inc.
National Disability Services ACT (NDS)
National Parks Association of the ACT Inc.
Non-Government Schools Education Council (NGSEC)
Pedal Power ACT Inc.
Property Council of Australia (ACT)
Rotary Club of Canberra Inc.
RSPCA – Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ACT Inc.
Southside Community Services Inc.
Sport and Recreation Minister Advisory Council
St Vincent de Paul Society
Street Law – An Outreach Service for the Homeless ACT & Region
Superannuated Commonwealth Officers’ Association (SCOA) ACT Inc.
Tandem Respite Inc.
Technical Aid to the Disabled ACT (TADACT)
The ACT Equestrian Association Inc.
The Heart Foundation ACT – Joint Submission with the University of Canberra and the ACT Division of General Practice
The Salvation Army
Unions ACT
Warehouse Circus Inc.
Workers Against Violence in Employment (WAVE)
Woden Community Service Inc.
Women’s Centre for Health Matters Inc. (WCHM)
Women’s Centre for Health Matters Inc. (WCHM) Joint Submission with the Women and Prisons Group ACT 
Women’s Centre for Health Matters Inc. (WCHM) Joint Submission with the Women with Disabilities ACT 
YMCA of Canberra
Youth Coalition of the ACT
YWCA of Canberra
Additionally, two submissions remained confidential.