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TOTAL RESULTS: 165
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23 Feb 2011
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Amends the
Schools Assistance Act 2008
to extend the existing funding arrangements, including indexation arrangements, for: non-government primary and secondary schools until the end of 2013; and grants for capital expenditure until the end of 2014.
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21 Oct 2010
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Amends the
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to extend to 12 weeks the period of non-payment of income support when a relocating job seeker voluntarily leaves their employment within the first six months.
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21 Oct 2009
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Amends the
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
to provide that the minister is not compelled to consider requests for declarations of eligibility by corporations seeking to join the Comcare scheme as self-insurers.
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28 May 2009
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to provide that: certain recipients of newstart allowance and parenting payment may receive a training supplement of $41.60 a fortnight; and early school leavers undertake full-time study or comply with a Youth Allowance Employment Pathway Plan to qualify for youth allowance.
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13 May 2009
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Establishes Safe Work Australia (SWA) as a statutory body, with power to make recommendations directly to the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council in relation to occupational health and safety outcomes and workers’ compensation arrangements. SWA will replace the Australian Safety and Compensation Council.
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12 Mar 2009
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to: reduce the length of the liquid assets waiting period by doubling the maximum reserve threshold for liquid assets to $5,000 for singles without dependants or $10,000 for others for a two year period from 1 April 2009; and remove the surrender value of life insurance policies from the definition of ‘liquid assets’ for social security purposes. Also makes technical amendments to five other Acts.
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24 Sep 2008
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Introduced with the Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008, the bill provides financial assistance to the states and territories for non-government schools for
2009-2012 to: maintain the current socioeconomic status funding and indexation arrangements to ensure that total recurrent funding for schools will not fall below 2008 levels; provide recurrent funding for Indigenous Supplementary Assistance and an Indigenous Funding Guarantee; provide a remoteness loading; provide funding for capital grants; provide for establishment assistance grants in 2009; implement a school performance information and reporting framework; and require authorities and schools to implement the National Curriculum before the 2012 school year commences.
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24 Sep 2008
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: implement a job seeker compliance system to apply to certain job seekers in receipt of newstart allowance, parenting payment, youth allowance and special benefit; give effect to employment pathway plans; remove references to the Personal Support Programme; and make minor technical and consequential amendments.
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04 Sep 2008
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Introduced with the Safe Work Australia Bill 2008, the bill repeals the
Australian Workplace Safety Standards Act 2005
and amends three Acts consequent upon the establishment of Safe Work Australia.
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04 Sep 2008
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Introduced with the Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008, the bill establishes Safe Work Australia (SWA) as a statutory body, with power to make recommendations directly to the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council in relation to occupational health and safety outcomes and workers’ compensation arrangements. SWA will replace the Australian Safety and Compensation Council.
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