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SAL Contacts
Applications for Assistance
Lindy Morrison B. Soc. Wk. (National Welfare Co-ordinator)
Tel: 02 9664 6858
Email:
Mail: PO Box 2190 Clovelly NSW 2031
Applicants will be asked to supply personal details about their professional music career and details of their financial circumstances. All information is strictly confidential and will not be disclosed to any other individual or organization without your permission. Please call SAL's National Co-ordinator for full details of the application process.
STATEMENT OF POLICY COVERING THE PROVISION OF RELIEF
- "Recipient" means:
- a person who has worked in and contributed to the Australian music industry; or
- a relative of such a person; selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; and who in either case is
- a person who is a citizen or permanent resident of Australia.
- "A person who has worked in and contributed to the Australian music industry" in the case of a person seeking financial assistance is taken to be:
- Any person who has earned his or her living from music for the greater part of his or her adult working life; or
- Any person who has (most recently) worked part-time for at least ten years as a permanent part-time worker and who has received remuneration for all of that time and who considers they have contributed to the music industry;
Note: Annual tax returns may be required as confirmation of such employment/remuneration details.
or
- Any person who has been continuously self employed for at least the last ten (10) years in categories including but not limited to the following:
- Composer
- Writer/Lyricist/Arranger
- Performer
- Manager
- Sound Engineers/Producer
- Music Journalist
- Agent/Promoter
- Road Crew Member
- 'Relative' in relation to any person means the following persons:
- The partner of that person who has been dependent on them for at least the preceding 10 years;
- The child of that person and dependent on that person at the time of the claim and remaining dependent for a future period;
- A person who most recently and for a substantial period was wholly or mostly dependent on that person for his or her maintenance, education or advancement in life.
- A Recipient is considered to be in need or suffering hardship if he or she is in financial difficulty because of illness, accident, old age, death of a person on whom they were dependent or some other misfortune. Recipient would not normally include a party claiming for motoring expenses, household repairs or rent but such claims may be considered based on particular circumstances.
- Assistance Limitations
- for the avoidance of doubt, it is expressly declared that Support Act Limited funds will not be used to support a person whose only claim for relief arises from want of employment.
- Before providing any assistance the Casework Committee will take into account that any person applying for assistance has exhausted any/all other avenues of funding and assistance.
- Whenever possible, approved financial relief will be paid directly to a third party such as a public utility and not to a Recipient.
General Correspondence
All general correspondence can be sent to our national registered office:
Support Act Limited,
P.O. Box Q20
QVB SYDNEY NSW 1230
Ph: 02 8569 1144
Fx: 02 8569 1183
Administration
Joanna Forman - Administration Manager
Email:
Membership
Veronica Tooker - Membership Secretary
Tel: 02 8569 1100
Email:
Mail: PO Box Q20, QVB Post Office NSW 1230
Support Act Victoria (SALVIC)
Email:
Mail: PO Box 18292, Collins Street, Melbourne South VIC 8003
Support Act South Australia (SALSA)
Email:
Mail: 1st Floor, 144 South Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Event Information and Bookings
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SALutations Newsletter Contributions
Clare Burgess - SALutations Editor
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