Search Results

ISSN 1328-8091 BILLS DIGEST NO. 116, 2012-13 16 May 2013 Not-for-profit Sector Freedom to Advocate Bill 2013 Matthew Thomas Social Policy Section Kerry Knowler Law and Bills Digest Section Contents The Bills Digest at a glance ...................................................................................................................... 3 Purpose of the Bill ................................................................................................................................... 4 Structure of the Bill ................................................................................................................................. 4

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 5 What is a not-for-profit organisation or charity? .......................................................................... 5 Australia’s NFP sector .................................................................................................................... 6 Current NFP regulation .................................................................................................................. 7 A national NFP regulator ............................................................................................................... 9 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................... 11 Government-NFP sector relations

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Plain packaging .............................................................................................................................. 5 New Zealand ............................................................................................................................. 7 Australia .................................................................................................................................... 7 Canada ...................................................................................................................................... 9 UK ............................................................................................................................................. 9 EU ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Basis of policy commitment .............................................................................................................. 10 Main issues ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Legal barriers ............................................................................................................................... 11 Evidence

    ISSN 1328‐8091  Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BILLS DIGEST NO. 30, 2010-11  28 October 2010 Social Security Legislation Amendment (Connecting People  with Jobs) Bill 2010  Matthew Thomas  Social Policy Section  Contents  Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2  Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 2  Background .............................................................................................................................................. 3  Relocation assistance for job seekers pilot ................................................................................... 4  Review of the program .................................................................................................................. 5  Position of major interest groups ....................................................................................................... 6  Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 7  Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 8  Concluding comments ............................................................................................................................. 8      2  Social Security Legislation Amendment (Connecting People with Jobs) Bill 2010    Social Security Legislation Amendment (Connecting People with  Jobs) Bill 2010  Date introduced:  21 October 2010  House:  House of Representatives  Portfolio:  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations  Commencement:  The later of the day after Royal Assent and 1 January 2011  Links: The links to the Bill, its Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech can be found on  the Bills home page, or through http://aph.gov.au/bills/. When bills have been passed they can be  found at the ComLaw website, which is at http://www.comlaw.gov.au .  Purpose  This Bill seeks to amend the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to provide Centrelink with the  power to not pay income support for 12 weeks to a person who is paid relocation assistance under  the Connecting People with Jobs trial and who becomes unemployed as a result of a voluntary act or  misconduct within six months of receiving this assistance. At present, the maximum unemployment  non‐payment period for voluntary unemployment or unemployment due to misconduct is eight  weeks.  Basis of policy commitment  In the 2010 federal election campaign, both Labor and the Coalition made, if elected, a commitment  to introduce voluntary relocation assistance programs for job seekers in areas of high 

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 9 February 2010, no. 94, 2009-10, ISSN 1328-8091 This Digest replaces an earlier version dated 5 February 2010 to delete one sentence in relation to end dates and make other minor

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 24 June 2009, no. 180, 2008-09, ISSN 1328-8091 Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [No. 2] It should be noted that the name of the Bill as introduced

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 16 March 2009, no. 103, 2008-09, ISSN 1328-8091 Note: This Digest replaces an earlier version dated 26 February 2009. It makes a minor revision on page 32. Federal Financial Relations Bill

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 6 February 2009, no. 92, 2008-09, ISSN 1328-8091 Nation Building and Jobs Plan Bills - Interim Bills Digest Scott Kompo-Harms, Les Nielson and Richard Webb Economics Section Julie Styles Science, Technology,