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CTO welcomes Kiki Paul as our new CEO

CTO welcomes Kiki Paul as our new CEO

by | Mar 27, 2025 | Home Page News, Latest News

The CTO is excited to welcome Kiki Paul, GAICD to the role of Chief Executive Officer!

Kiki comes to us from Go Gentle Australia where she played a pivotal role in achieving historic legislative change across Australia. Under her leadership as CEO, Go Gentle was instrumental in passing voluntary assisted dying laws in all six states, while building a substantial national following and establishing itself as a trusted voice on end-of-life choices.

With a background in financial services and a Graduate of the AICD Company Directors course, Kiki brings a wealth of executive experience in the not-for-profit sector with strong governance and financial management expertise.
She currently serves on multiple NFP boards including Chairing the Australian Online Giving Foundation, and continues as a non-executive director of Go Gentle Australia.

Reflecting on her appointment, Kiki said, “Access to transport is fundamental to independence and community participation. I am excited to lead the CTO and its dedicated team, working alongside our members and partners to enhance and expand community transport services, ensuring that Community Transport remains accessible, efficient, and responsive to those who need it most.”

Please join us in giving Kiki a warm welcome!

Join us for our Engage 2025 Conference!

Join us for our Engage 2025 Conference!

by | Mar 27, 2025 | Home Page News, Latest News

Join us in beautiful Orange NSW for our
Engage 2025 Conference.

We are delighted to be holding our annual conference in Orange NSW from 28-29 October this year and look forward to embracing our theme by ENGAGING in robust and impactful ways with our speakers, sponsors, and each other.

With pivotal changes in disability and aged care reform, alongside a strong push for sustainability and a shifting demographic landscape – there has never been a more critical time for our industry to come together, engage, and shape a future for transport inclusion.

As the largest community transport conference in Australia, our event will once again bring together leading industry experts, government decision makers, major stakeholders, and service providers to foster meaningful dialogue about the changes and how they will affect our members and their communities.

Topics will include Aged Care regulatory changes and their impact, latest innovations and fresh approaches to service delivery, and strategies to enhance access to transport for disadvantaged and marginalised communities.

Our Sponsor Zone will be even more integral to the conference sessions than ever before, bringing together industry partners to showcase the latest solutions that enhance business productivity and improve customer experiences.

The conference also provides a wonderful opportunity to experience the beauty of Orange and this glorious corner of regional NSW. 

Discover more here!

CTO releases Position Statement on the incoming Aged Care Reforms

CTO releases Position Statement on the incoming Aged Care Reforms

by | Apr 20, 2023 | Latest News

The upcoming reform of in home aged care currently affects over 1 million Australians, their carers, loved ones and families but ultimately,  it will affect us all. We are all ageing… some of us access these supports already and many of us will need assistance in the future.
Access to transport sits at the heart of a life lived with independence, self determination, and respect.
This is not about more federal funding – it is about spending federal funding right.
We have one opportunity to get this right and the time is now.
Our full position statement is here, we encourage you to read it and share it.
State Election 2023 – Call to Action – Inclusive Transport for ALL

State Election 2023 – Call to Action – Inclusive Transport for ALL

by | Apr 19, 2023 | Latest News

The CTO is calling on the incoming government to implement the following four key initiatives: 

  • That Government subsidised transport be made exempt from the Point-to-Point Passenger Levy.
  • That Community transport be deemed eligible for the Taxi Subsidy Scheme.
  • That the Community Transport Program (CTP) funding program must be expanded to include transport for employment and education purposes, and
  • That the Older Persons Mobility Plan must be reviewed with a focus on promoting a human-centric transport experience. It must recognise the expanded role that supported transport can have in maintaining independence, self-determination, and economic mobility.

If you would like to be involved in this call to action, simply download our two Position Statements, a template letter to local members and a template media release you can adapt to send to your local members and media outlets in the lead up to the election. 

CTO releases draft of our first Reconciliation Action Plan

CTO releases draft of our first Reconciliation Action Plan

by | Jan 24, 2023 | CTO Projects

Draft Reconciliation Action Plan – A Reflect RAP 2023 – 2024

It is with great pride that the Community Transport Organisation presents the draft of our first Reconciliation Action Plan, a Reflect RAP for 2023-2024. Our RAP will guide us on the reconciliation journey both in our own organisation, and as a peak body, in support of action across the sector

The development of a RAP supports our mission to lead an inclusive community transport sector for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples who engage with the CTO, and our members, whether as an employee, stakeholder, partner, funder, or service user. The CTO are in a position to influence and lead this uplift within the community transport sector and it is our goal to shine a light on best practice.

Our Reflect RAP will provide the opportunity to first look within our sector, to understand the starting point on our Reconciliation journey, and help to chart a path for continued work in this space. We seek to grow our understanding of what an inclusive community transport sector looks like, for both a peak body, and as a service provider in community.

Before we submit our RAP to Reconciliation Australia for final approval, it is important we hear your feedback on what we have proposed. As our intention is to drive Reconciliation initiatives across the CT sector, it is vital that we have your support.

Please take a look over our draft Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan, and then share your feedback with us below by Tuesday 21st February, 2023.

Download the CTO Reflect RAP 2023/24
Give us your feedback by 21.02.23

For those of you who have not engaged with the RAP process previously, there are certain required deliverables in a RAP which are set out by Reconciliation Australia.

For reference to these, please also see the Reconciliation Australia Reflect RAP template from which our draft RAP was developed.

You can read more about the RAP process on the Reconciliation Australia website

We look forward to hearing your invaluable feedback, and working with you on this important journey going forward

The CTO would like to thank the ongoing contributions of our RAP Working Group who have played an integral role in this process.

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