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• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 (Cth) - Level 2The Act provides the legislative basis and appropriates funding for a variety of Indigenous education programs for the Tertiary sector, to advance the education of Indigenous persons. The Indigenous Education and Training programs are built upon the foundation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy (AEP). The Australian Government, along with all State and Territory governments, endorses and promotes the 21 common and agreed National Goals of the AEP.
  
  The Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 Program Guidelines 2013 set out Indigenous Education and Training Program objectives, administrative requirements and funding arrangements.
• Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) - Level 2The Act establishes the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW and defines functions, procedures, and powers of the Commission.
  
  The objects of this Act are as followsâ€"
  (a) to provide a framework for the conduct of industrial relations that is fair and just,
  (b) to promote efficiency and productivity in the economy of the State,
  (c) to promote participation in industrial relations by employees and employers at an enterprise or workplace level,
  (d) to encourage participation in industrial relations by representative bodies of employees and employers and to encourage the responsible management and democratic control of those bodies,
  (e) to facilitate appropriate regulation of employment through awards, enterprise agreements and other industrial instruments,
  (f) to prevent and eliminate discrimination in the workplace and in particular to ensure equal remuneration for men and women doing work of equal or comparable value,
  (g) to provide for the resolution of industrial disputes by conciliation and, if necessary, by arbitration in a prompt and fair manner and with a minimum of legal technicality,
  (h) to encourage and facilitate co-operative workplace reform and equitable, innovative and productive workplace relations.
  
• Insurance Act 1902 (NSW) - Level 2An Act to provide legislation in the area of Life, Fire and Marine Insurance. The Act seeks to establish rights and responsibilities of the Insurer and Insured parties and provides for power of the courts to arbitrate disputes around insurance contracts. The Insurer has rights to challenge evidence when that it believes claims to be false, and Insured parties have obligations to disclose and make representations that are true and correct for a valid insurance contract to take effect.