Mark Fowler, Director (Feb 2013) Report on Human Rights and Antidiscrimination Bill 2012 released Many of you will have been following the highly public debate on the federal government’s Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012. Yesterday, the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee presented its report on the Bill. Like many committee reports on […]
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Unrelated Business Income Tax postponed The Commonwealth Government today announced that the commencement its Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) will be postponed until 1 July 2014. Following a prolonged period of silence on the status of the UBIT, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury and Minister for Social Inclusion Mark Butler have released a statement that suggests
ANTIDISCRIMINATION UPDATE – NOVEMBER 2012 Following the discussion paper released in September 2011, the Commonwealth Government today released the exposure draft of the Human Rights and Antidiscrimination Bill 2012. Changes to the current law The structure of the Bill is significantly different from the current legislation. The most significant changes are in the definition of
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The Not-for-Profit Reform Council has released its discussion paper on reform of tax concessions available to not-for-profit (NFP) and charitable organisations. The paper is the initial response to the federal government’s brief to the Council’s Tax Concession Working Group to review NFP tax concessions. The brief The Terms of Reference given to the Working
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