Key national stakeholders
An initiative undertaken by the department is to identify its key national stakeholders. In doing this the following definitions have been applied:
- Stakeholders: any person, group or organisation with a vested interest in the outcome of a body of work.
- Key stakeholder: any stakeholder with significant influence on, or significantly impacted by, the work and where these interests and influence must be recognised if the work is to be successful.
- Clients: people who use our services and programmes or are subject to our regulation.
Our identification of key national stakeholders is comprehensive but not exhaustive. It includes many types of relationships, some central to our daily activity, others to tap into external ideas and experience. There are partnerships and formal advisory arrangements. There are also less formal but important relationships with groups or individuals with a particular interest in our work.
The department currently groups its stakeholders into the following categories:
- international
- government (Australian, state/territory and local)
- advisory/non-government
- services/religious groups
- clients
- client representation
- external providers
- institutions (universities, think tanks, etc.)
- peak industry groups
- industry
- internal stakeholders
- general community.