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2025 Netball Queensland Category Four (Individual) Membership Fees

The Board of Netball Queensland have approved the 2025 Membership Fee Structure.

2025 Category Four (Individual) Membership Fees (All prices include GST)

• Player Membership $123.00
• NetSetGO! $115.00
• 10 Week Season $59.00
• Social $41.00
• Little Netty's $35.00
• Carnival / Clinic $25.00
• Inter-School (new) $50.00
• Non-Playing Membership (e.g. Coach, Umpire, Volunteer, Manager, Committee Member, etc.) $0.00

Any questions, in the first instance, please contact community@netballq.org.au.

Opening Date for Season 2025 Registrations in NetballConnect - 1 November 2024

Season 2025 registrations will be available to create in NetballConnect from 1 November 2024.

As a representative of a Member Association, Member Association Affiliated Club or Community Member, if you have any difficulty or require any assistance in this matter, please contact the NetballConnect Helpdesk.

Deadline for Finalisation of Season 2024 Deregistrations – 31 December 2024

As Season 2024 draws to a close, now is the time to review and finalise any pending deregistrations within your organisation (in box titled ‘De-Registrations’ after you first log into NetballConnect on an organisational profile or when you navigate to the ‘Home’ module) to make sure that you have completed the action required to progress the deregistration to the next level for eventual finalisation by Netball Queensland.

Season 2024 deregistrations need to be completed by the end of Netball Queensland’s 2024 Membership Period (31 December 2024).

If you have any queries at all regarding any pending deregistrations that are sitting with your organisation, or you need to understand what is required to progress or complete the deregistration, please feel free to contact the NetballConnect Helpdesk during the stated operating hours on the following webpage of the Netball Queensland website:-

https://qld.netball.com.au/netballconnect

If you want to be assisted while completing the deregistration process for a player or non-player, as you haven’t done one for a while or just want reassurance that you are completing the deregistration correctly, again, please contact the NetballConnect Helpdesk.

Issuing of 2025 Netball Queensland Category One Membership Tax Invoices

Please be advised that tax invoices for Netball Queensland’s Category One (Member Associations) and Category Five (Community) Members to cover Netball Queensland’s 2025 Membership Period (January – December) will be generated and distributed during January 2025.

There is no change to the Category One’s 2024 membership pricing for Netball Queensland’s 2025 Membership Period.  For the avoidance of doubt, the pricing tiers are as follows:

The prices above include G.S.T.

Any questions regarding the above can be sent to Shawn Fitzgerald, Netball Queensland’s Member Services Manager.

Fair Play Vouchers - ADVISE THE PARENTS WITHIN YOUR ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS DO NOT DELAY IN APPLYING, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY OBTAINED VOUCHERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN

With the commencement of the 2024/2025 Financial Year, the Fair Play (Queensland) voucher scheme has undergone some changes that will likely impact registrations for Netball Queensland's 2025 Season. Please note, there has already been a significant uptake of Fair Play vouchers in this round.

There are now two streams of the total 300,000 FairPlay vouchers available in the current round, that commenced on 1 July 2024, with 50,000 available allocated for situations where a child's parent, carer or guardian holds a valid Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card with the child’s name on it. The remaining 250,000 vouchers require a child's parent to have a Medicare card for their child.

There will not be another round of the Fair Play voucher scheme until July 2025, so, if a parent elects to use a FairPlay voucher for Netball Activities within the Netball Queensland Community during the remainder of Season 2024 (concluding 31 December 2024), they will not be able to access another Fair Play voucher until the next financial year (2025/2026), commencing 1 July 2025.

The change in the cadence of the Fair Play voucher rounds is very important, as there will now NOT be a new round commencing around the commencement time of Netball Queensland's Season 2025.

To avoid the possibility of missing out, I would encourage the parents of children five to seventeen within your association's community to obtain their Fair Play voucher/s as soon as they can through (https://www.qld.gov.au/recr.../sports/funding/fairplay/apply), so they do not miss out, as once the 300,000 Fair Play vouchers for the current round over the new financial year are exhausted, no additional vouchers are expected to be offered.

For more information, visit Netball Queensland's Fair Play Voucher Resource Centre.

Register for July's Drop In Sessions

Netball Queensland's 2024 Drop In Sessions are taking place during July, with two topics, the:-

• Netball Queensland's NetballConnect Finance Framework for Member Associations (a framework for practical implementation) (8 July at 6:30 p.m.), and
• Member Toolbox (specifically a walkthrough) (29 July at 6:30 p.m.).

These sessions will be hosted by Netball Queensland's Member Services Manager, Shawn Fitzgerald.

These sessions are free to attend for representatives of Netball Queensland's Member Associations.

To register, please follow the prompts in the following webform:-

https://netballqld.formstack.com/forms/2024_drop_in_sessions

For more information regarding these sessions, please contact community@netballq.org.au.

Taxation Requirements for the 2023/24 Year - Is Your Netball Organisation Prepared, if Affected?

There are additional requirements that have come in for non-charitable, not-for-profit organisations, including Netball organisations (Member Associations, their affiliated clubs and Community Members), that have an active Australian Business Number.

As per the Australian Taxation Office (ATO):-

"From 1 July 2023, non-charitable NFPs with an active Australian business number (ABN) will be required to lodge an annual self-review return in order to access an income tax exemption."

Taken from the following webpage on the ATO website:-

Not-for-profits – enhancing the transparency of income tax exemptions

See more within the 'Financial Management' section of Netball Queensland's Member Toolbox for generalised information concerning this matter or, talk to your taxation professional, to obtain specific advice for your Netball organisation's individual circumstances.

Netball Queensland's Facebook Group for Representatives of Category One Member Associations

Does your Netball Queensland Member Association know about Netball Queensland's private Facebook Group? If it does, it is represented in the Group?  If the answer is again 'yes', are the nominated representatives still the most appropriate (has there been an annual general meeting where they no longer hold the role they held at the time they joined the Group)?

This is a forum where Netball Queensland's Member Associations can interact with Netball Queensland staff members in the Group and also other Netball Queensland Member Associations that are represented in Group.  Netball Queensland staff post regular updates about items that impact the Netball Queensland Community. 

Please note that eligibility and other criteria apply.

For more information on the Group, please contact Netball Queensland's Member Services Manager, Shawn Fitzgerald.

Renewal of Netball Australia's Insurance Program

The Netball Australia Insurance Program was renewed on 1 April 2024.

The following information refers to specific policies within the Program.

Public and Products Liability

Updated Certificates of Currency are now available for download from Howden's Netball Australia Insurance Centre:-

Download your organisation's Certificate of Currency for the remainder of 2024*

* To be eligible to obtain a Certificate of Currency, your organisation needs to be a recognised member of Netball Queensland's Community, either directly affiliated to Netball Queensland (as a Category One (Member Association) or Category Five (Community) Member) or affiliated to a Member Organisation of Netball Queensland.

Personal Accident 

• There is a new insurer for Netball Australia's Personal Accident insurance policy, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company.  Due to this change, there is also a new claim form to complete for injuries sustained on, or after, 1 April 2024.  Information regarding the claim process and associated forms can be found at https://www.howdengroup.com/au-en/netball-how-to-make-a-claim
• The claim form for injuries sustained between 1 February 2023 and 31 March 2024 is still available on the website and can be accessed through the above link.
• For claims that have not been initiated relating to injuries sustained prior to 1 February 2023, contact Howden directly.
• Currently in development is an electronic claim lodgement process, with a potential release in late 2024, this will be through Howden's Netball Australia Insurance Centre.
• Completing the incorrect claim form (based on when the injury was sustained) will delay the processing of the claim and likely require the process to be repeated, using the correct form.  Any questions regarding the claims process (prior to the submission of the claim) are to be directed to Howden.
• For updates on the status of your claim, the contact point will differ, based on when the injury occurred and what claim form you are needing to complete and submit.  The details of who to contact regarding update requests will be on the claim form you are submitting, in any case, it will not be Howden or Netball Queensland.

Property

• All Member Associations and Clubs are automatically covered for up to $20,000 contents cover and $2,500 for stock.
• For Member Associations and Clubs that require a higher level of cover, who have not already done so, contact Howden for a quote.
• If your organisation is seeking to have its playing surfaces covered, this needs to be explicitly stated, as not all playing surfaces are eligible for insurance coverage.

Cyber

For Member Associations or Clubs that would like advice and a quote for Cyber insurance, please contact Howden to discuss this insurance coverage in more detail.

Correspondence for recognised organisations in Netball Queensland's Community.

Information on the Cyber Insurance product.

For more information regarding the Netball Australia Insurance Program (including exclusions, prohibited activities, scope / limitations of coverage, etc.) regarding any of the policies within the Program, or to discuss your organisation's individual circumstances, to determine whether the coverage offered in the Program is sufficient for your organisation's Netball Activities, please visit Howden's Netball Australia Insurance Centre or contact Howden directly via:-

Telephone:  1300 420 370

Email:  netball.aus@howdengroup.com

Netball Queensland's primary contact regarding the Netball Australia Insurance Program is Shawn Fitzgerald (Member Services Manager), you can direct your enquiries to him here.

Trialling Members - Season 2024

Does your Association or Club run Netball Activities to try and get people who are not already registered with your Association / Club or Netball Queensland members to join (e.g. Gala Days, Come and Try events, or similar) or wants to try before becoming registering with your Association or Club and incurring a charge for Netball Queensland Membership?

Do you want these people to be able to participate in your organisation’s Netball Activities and be able to access the personal injury insurance coverage available to registered players, should an incident occur during the Netball Activities that you are staging?

If so, Netball Queensland has a simple webform (that should not take longer than five minutes to complete) for individuals seeking to register themselves (anyone under the age of 18 needs to have a parent complete some sections and sign) as a participant or their child as the participants in the Netball Activities.

Participants (or parents, for those under 18) seeking to become a Trialling Member of Netball Queensland need to agree to Netball Queensland’s policies, as well as consent to the details provided in the trialling membership application being provided to the Event Organiser (and Association, if the Event Organiser is a Club), be it an Association running the event or a Club affiliated to an Association.

The webform is available at the following URL and is ready to accept applications for Netball Activities commencing 1 January 2024:-

https://forms.office.com/r/yKSQpqWyCZ

Any questions regarding the Trialling Member process, please direct them to Shawn Fitzgerald, Netball Queensland’s Member Services Manager.

Season 2024’s Local Area Marketing Kits Have Been Released

Looking for marketing collateral that you can amend and use to attract new players and officials for the Season 2024, Netball Queensland has created multiple variations that can be used in multiple platforms to assist your Association or Club in becoming part of the Netball Queensland Community.

To access these marketing templates and materials, please visit the Local Area Marketing section in Netball Queensland's Member Toolbox.