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Line 1: {{Short description|Australian term for a trade association or advocacy group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} A '''peak organisation''' or '''peak body''' is an Australian term for an [[advocacy group]] or [[trade association]], an association of industries or groups with allied interests.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fitzgerald |first=Julian |title=Lobbying in Australia: You can't expect anything to change if you don't speak up! |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bwJv5-Et7icC&dq=what+is+a+peak+organisation&pg=PA22 |access-date=4 March 2013 |publisher=Rosenberg Publishing |isbn=978-1877058363 |page=22 }}</ref> They are generally established for the purposes of developing [[Standardization|standard]]s and processes, or to act on behalf of all members when [[lobbying]] government or promoting the interests of the members. Line 8 ⟶ 9: ==Examples== Examples of Australia-wide organisations include: <!-- Wikipedia bluelinks only --> * [[ * [[Australian Breastfeeding Association]] * [[Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry]] Line 14 ⟶ 16: * [[Australian Council of Social Service]] * [[Australian Council of Trade Unions]] * [[Australian * [[Australian Hotels Association]] * [[Australian Industry Group]]
* [[Australian Youth Affairs Coalition]]
* [[Business Council of Australia]]
* [[Commercial Radio Australia]]
* [[Environmental Health Australia]] * [[FreeTV Australia]]
* [[Governance Institute of Australia]] * [[Homeschooling and distance education in Australia#Organisations|Home Education Association, Australia]]
* [[Minerals Council of Australia]]
* [[National Academies Forum]] * [[National Farmers Federation]] * [[National LGBTI Health Alliance]] * [[People with Disability Australia|People With Disability Australia]] * [[ * [[Public Relations Institute of Australia]]
* [[Scarlet Alliance]]
▲* [[Strata Community Association]] * [[Universities Australia]]
* [[Wireless Institute of Australia]] ==State-wide organisations== * [[Conservation Council of South Australia]] * [https://comhwa.org.au/ Consumers of Mental Health WA] * [[South Australian Literary Societies' Union]] * VACCHO == See also == |