Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Commonwealth today provided its response to the Interim Report of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. The response addresses recommendations of primary relevance to the Commonwealth, with implementation plans for each recommendation as requested by the Commission. It also … Continue reading →

Communiqué Commonwealth, State and Territory Native Title Ministers met today in Adelaide to discuss progress toward national reforms to the native title system. This reform agenda includes a combination of improvements to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (Native Title … Continue reading →

Federal Attorney-General and Member for Barton, Robert McClelland MP, is pleased to welcome the delivery of 494 laptops to 3 secondary schools in Barton as part of the Rudd Government’s Digital Education Revolution. The $2.1 billion National Secondary School Computer … Continue reading →

Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, today released the Government’s proposed reforms to Australia’s personal bankruptcy laws for public consultation. The Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 seeks to modernise personal insolvency arrangements by recognising that the majority of bankruptcies relate to consumer debts … Continue reading →

Attorney-General and Federal Member for Barton, Robert McClelland, is encouraging all local pensioners to attend a free seminar on the most significant changes to the pension in 100 years. Centrelink Hurstville is hosting four seminars to explain how the new … Continue reading →

Attorney-General and Federal Member for Barton today welcomed over $124,000 of Federal Government funding to boost two emergency relief providers in Barton. The two local outlets to receive funding are the Kogarah Storehouse, with over $78,000 and Al-Zahra Incorporated, with … Continue reading →

The Australian Government has listed Al-Shabaab as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code and the Charter of the United Nations Act. The listing follows advice from security agencies that Al-Shabaab is either directly or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning, … Continue reading →

Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, today welcomed the passage of legislation to support the streamlined delivery of law and justice services across jurisdictional boundaries. The Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009 facilitates the operation of the Cross Border … Continue reading →

Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, today introduced into the House of Representatives the Foreign States Immunities Amendment Bill 2009. The Bill will enable civil immunity in Australian courts to be conferred on United States fire fighters helping authorities in Australia prepare for, … Continue reading →

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard and Attorney-General Robert McClelland, today announced that personnel engaged in a range of disaster response activities, both domestically and internationally, will now be appropriately covered by workers compensation as soon as teams … Continue reading →