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OCTOBER 9, 2012 Myanmar update Image source: Wikimedia commons Events in Myanmar continue to move fast. This brief update highlights some of the key developments over the last few months. It follows the recent visit to Australia by the Speaker of Myanmar’s lower house and the historic visits to the

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 4 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 4 Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Schedule 1—application and transitional provisions .................................................................... 5 Registration .............................................................................................................................. 5 Reporting .................................................................................................................................. 6 Protected information .............................................................................................................. 6 Review of operation of the ACNC Act

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 Public sector staffing reductions in the states and territories Since 2011 the state and territory governments have introduced public sector staffing reductions as savings measures (some jurisdictions also had reduction programs in place prior to 2011). A summary of the reductions is provided below; ‘FTE’ is not

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose of the Bill .................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 ‘Developing Country’ status ................................................................................................................ 3 System of Tariff Preferences ............................................................................................................... 3 Serbia’s economy ................................................................................................................................ 4 Serbia and the EU ............................................................................................................................... 4 Serbia and the WTO ............................................................................................................................ 4 Trade between Serbia and Australia ..................................................................................................

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Executive summary • Tables and charts are presented for a broad range of social, demographic and economic indicators across all Australian states and territories, and compared to Australian averages. • Each table contains data for the last five years, while each chart plots

AUGUST 27, 2012 Who is on Newstart? Image source: British Library Given the current Senate Committee inquiry into the adequacy of the allowance payment system for jobseekers and others it is perhaps worth considering what sort of people are reliant on these payments? Recent data released by the Department of

AUGUST 23, 2012 More funding for all schools—an update on Gonski Image source: Victorian Government The Government’s previous commitment that no school would lose a dollar in funding per student has been extended. The Prime Minister and the Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett, have announced that all schools will

AUGUST 20, 2012 Parliamentary remuneration Recent legislative changes have given the Remuneration Tribunal the power to determine MPs’ base salary and removed the Parliament’s power to disallow these determinations. Further information on parliamentary salaries and entitlements is available in the Parliamentary Library publications, The basic salary of senators and members