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ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Current anti-siphoning rules ............................................................................................................... 4 Brief history of the anti-siphoning regime .......................................................................................... 4 Government discussion paper ............................................................................................................ 6 Arguments ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Pay television ............................................................................................................................ 7 Free-to-air television ................................................................................................................ 7 Sports organisations ................................................................................................................. 8 Moving towards change

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Review of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 ........................................ 5 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 7 Regulation Impact Statement ............................................................................................................. 7 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 8 Senate Selection of Bills Committee ........................................................................................

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Family Law superannuation splitting arrangements .......................................................................... 2 Defining retirement savings terms—superannuation, pensions and annuities ................................. 3 Judges and Governors-General pension schemes .............................................................................. 4 Judges ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Governors-General ........................................................................................................................ 5 Basis of policy commitment ..................................................................................................................... 5

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Proposed abolition of OPI .............................................................................................................. 4 What the Bill does.......................................................................................................................... 7 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 9 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 9 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 9 Key provisions ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Schedule 1—Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission

May 28, 2012 Immigration detention: what are the alternatives? Image source: http://www.immi.gov.au/ Since 1992 when the policy of mandatory detention was introduced in Australia, the detention of asylum seekers arriving unauthorised by boat has received a great deal of public attention. In particular, the duration and conditions of their detention

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 4 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 4 Policy position of Coalition ................................................................................................................. 6 Position of major interest groups ....................................................................................................... 6 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 8 Main issues............................................................................................................................................... 8 Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Schedule

        MAY 21, 2012 Latest Illicit Drug Data Report released Image source: Australian Crime Commission The Illicit Drug Data Report produced each year by the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) provides a statistical overview of illicit drug arrests and seizures for the financial year and details the current