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Submission Australia's Disaster Resilience
20 February 2023 - St Vincent de Paul National Council of Australia Submission to Select Committee on Australia's Disaster Resilience
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Submission Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration Emergency Response Fund Amendment (Disaster Ready Fund) Bill 2022
13 October 2022 Submission Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration Emergency Response Fund Amendment (Disaster Ready Fund) Bill 2022
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Religious Discrimination Bill - statement and submission
The St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia has proposed that the Federal Parliament look to enact a comprehensive Federal Human Rights Act.
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Joint Submission with The Salvation Army on the National Climate Resilience & Adaptation Strategy
This joint submission outlines the need to prioritise people on low income, as well as prevention and early intervention approaches, when developing a national climate resilience and adaptation strategy. The submission...
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Submission to the Plenary Council
As the largest lay-led Catholic organisation in Australia the St Vincent de Paul Society has a crucial role to play in the Plenary Council process.
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Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security
This submission highlights the fact that people with insecure jobs suffered the most during the pandemic and will take longer to recover. Government policies need to target young people, women, single parents and those...
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Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the National Declaration Emergency Act 2020
This submission supports the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills views that an inclusive definition for the words 'emergency' and ‘Commonwealth interest’ should be included and that the declaration of a...
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Submission to Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee on the Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020
This submission supports the private member’s bill that seeks to ban the import of goods from Xinjiang or other provinces in the People’s Republic of China that are produced in whole or part by Uyghur forced labour.
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Submission to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee on the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 [Provisions]
This submissions calls on the Australian Parliament to recommence labour market reform by consulting with a range of stakeholders and rejects the proposed amendments that erode workers’ rights and increase...
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Second submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the lessons to be learned in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019-20
This submission outlines activities completed by the Society in response to the 2019-20 bushfires, one year on.
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Joint Submission with The Salvation Army on the Inquiry into Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bills
This joint submission outlines the experiences of the St Vincent de Paul Society and The Salvation Army with respect to providing assistance in response to natural and manmade disasters, particularly the recent bushfires...
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Submission to the Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020
The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia Inc. (‘the Society’) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission with respect to the Committee’s Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration)...
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Submission in response to the Charitable Fundraising National Working Group's Discussion Paper on the Proposed cross-border recognition model for charitable fundraisers.
The scale of the recent national bushfire, that crossed jurisdictional boundaries over a relatively short time period, is a good example of the need for a streamlined, consistent and efficient approach to fundraising...
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Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence
This submission outlines the assistance provided by the Society in response to family and domestic violence and makes recommendations with respect to future policy and funding.
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Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into COVID-19
This submission outlines the impact of the pandemic on the Society’s operations, including what worked well and what should be done by governments to manage the transition from lockdown to an easing of social isolation...
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Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the lessons to be learned in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019-20
This submission outlines the Society’s experiences in responding to the 2019-20 bushfires and includes recommendations on what should be done by governments and agencies to improve service responses.
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Submission to the Royal Commission on National Natural Disaster Arrangements 2020
This submission outlines the experiences of the St Vincent de Paul Society in the provision of emergency relief and assistance in response to the 2019-20 bushfires.
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The future of employment services
The paper sets out the guiding principles that we believe should inform reforms to Australia's employment services and programs.
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Submission on the Cashless Debit Card Bill 2018
This submission opposes the proposed expansion of the cashless debit card trial to Bundaberg and Hervey Bay in Queensland.
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Submission on the Personal Income Tax Cuts Bill 2018
This submission examines the Government's income tax package which will deepen inequalities and undermine the capacity of future governments to fund services.
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Submission on the Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform Bill 2017
This Bill will adversely affect major charities and other community not for profit (NFP) organisations, who have always endeavoured to influence the political process in favour of the most vulnerable
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Response to Tax Deductible Gift Recipient Reform Opportunities Discussion Paper
This response to Treasury's review of DGR tax concessions welcomes certain proposals that would remove red tape, but expresses concern about proposals to police and silence advocacy by charities and not-for-profits.
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Joint submission on OPCAT and Civil Society
This joint submission highlights priorities to guide the implementation of the OPCAT, an international treaty to prevent human rights abuses in detention.
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Submission on the Economic Security for Women in Retirement
Submission on the Economic Security for Women in Retirement Executive Summary The Senate Standing Committee is calling for submissions regarding the economic security of women in retirement, including regarding...
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Submission on register of environment groups
On 21 May, 2015 the St Vincent de Paul Society wrote a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment on the topic of its Inquiry into the Register of Environment Organisations. The St...
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Racial Discrimination Act amendments withdrawn
The St Vincent de Paul Society made the following submission to the Human Rights Policy Branch of the Attorney-General's Department in April 2014. Executive summary The St Vincent de Paul Society is strongly against this...
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Submission to Domestic Violence Inquiry
Submission to Domestic Violence Inquiry On July 29, 2014 the St Vincent de Paul Society made a submission to the Inquiry into Domestic Violence in Australia being conducted by the Senate Finance and Public Administration...
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Submission on the Value of a Justice Reinvestment
First, the Society warmly welcomes a focus on justice reinvestment as a policy perspective on crime and punishment. Too often the shallow and demonising rhetoric of “tough on crime” has shaped debate: a...
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Submission on charging fees for silent number services
The debate around charges for unlisted numbers began around privacy rights for survivors of the crime of domestic violence. Telstra has now announced that it will drop unlisted numbers fees for this group, although most...
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Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Electricity Prices
Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Electricity Prices Executive Summary - Causes of electricity price increases While in some States the key drivers of electricity price increases have been the increases to...
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Submission on household energy and financial sustainability
FaHCSIA Consultation on the Household Energy and Financial Sustainability Scheme, 2011 As a national provider of Emergency Relief and other social services including government energy assistance programmes (EPA vouchers...
Miscellaneous submissions
