As outlined in our briefing last year, in one of its last acts before adjourning for the year the Senate referred the Opposition’s Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students) Bill 2018 and all associated amendments to a Senate Committee for review. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee is undertaking this Inquiry and…
CSA CEO, Daniel Pampuch and Mark Spencer, Executive Officer Policy, Governance and Staff Relations, along with Erik Hofsink from AACS, met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Attorney-General Christian Porter in Canberra earlier today. The Prime Minister and Attorney-General listened carefully as we outlined the concerns of Christian schools in relation to our religious freedoms….
Single Touch Payroll is a reporting change for employers, including Christian schools. It starts from 1 July 2018 for employers with 20 or more employees as at 1 April 2018. You will report payments such as salaries and wages, pay as you go (PAYG) withholding and superannuation information from your payroll solution each time you pay your employees….
March 29th saw the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (ACT) regulations commence that detail requirements to comply with the Globally Harmonised System for Classification and Labelling of Hazardous Chemicals (GHS). Essentially, these requirements relate to the usage, handling and storage of hazardous chemicals. The following Codes of Practice for the ACT are now adopted…
The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) has released a discussion paper considering how to improve and clarify the legislative requirements and reporting framework for charities and NFPs, building on a research report released earlier this year. The discussion paper considers three key proposals: Removing the ability for entities to self-assess their reporting type (doing away…
The Treasury has released a consultation paper on potential reforms to the Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) tax arrangements.
The Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee tabled its report following the inquiry into the Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017.
We have released an initial discussion paper for boards on Helping Students to Wholeness.
The Senate referred an inquiry into the Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee.
The Government has tabled the legislation which enacts their Quality Schools funding package in the House of Representatives.
