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senate vote 2008-11-12#3
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Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - In Committee - Commencement date- Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - In Committee - Start date
Description
- The majority voted in favour of an [amendment](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2008-11-12.91.1) introduced by Liberal Senator [George Brandis](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/george_brandis), who explained that:
- > *The purpose of the opposition’s amendment is to ensure that the provisions of this act, when it receives royal assent, come into effect retrospectively, as from 1 July 2008—in other words, the commencement of the current financial year—and that, in the event that there are some individuals who, as a result of the reference to the Senate committee, might have been prejudiced because of the death of a partner to whom the provisions of the bill would otherwise have applied, then the position of anybody in that unfortunate circumstance can be secured.*
- ### What does this bill do?
- This bill was introduced to amend the fourteen Acts governing and regulating [superannuation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superannuation_in_Australia) schemes in order to increase coverage of same-sex couples and their children. It comes following [Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_and_Equal_Opportunity_Commission) report [Same Sex: Same Entitlements](https://www.humanrights.gov.au/same-sex-same-entitlements).
Read more about the bill in its [bills digest](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/billsdgs/86LR6/upload_binary/86lr66.pdf;fileType=application/pdf).- Read more about the bill in its [bills digest](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/billsdgs/86LR6/upload_binary/86lr66.pdf;fileType=application/pdf).
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senate vote 2008-11-12#3
Edited by
mackay staff
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2017-09-28 17:02:56
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Title
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — Superannuation) Bill 2008 — In Committee- Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - In Committee - Commencement date
Description
<p pwmotiontext="moved">That the amendment (<b>Senator Brandis’s</b>) be agreed to.</p>- The majority voted in favour of an [amendment](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2008-11-12.91.1) introduced by Liberal Senator [George Brandis](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/george_brandis), who explained that:
- > *The purpose of the opposition’s amendment is to ensure that the provisions of this act, when it receives royal assent, come into effect retrospectively, as from 1 July 2008—in other words, the commencement of the current financial year—and that, in the event that there are some individuals who, as a result of the reference to the Senate committee, might have been prejudiced because of the death of a partner to whom the provisions of the bill would otherwise have applied, then the position of anybody in that unfortunate circumstance can be secured.*
- ### What does this bill do?
- This bill was introduced to amend the fourteen Acts governing and regulating [superannuation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superannuation_in_Australia) schemes in order to increase coverage of same-sex couples and their children. It comes following [Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_and_Equal_Opportunity_Commission) report [Same Sex: Same Entitlements](https://www.humanrights.gov.au/same-sex-same-entitlements).
- Read more about the bill in its [bills digest](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/billsdgs/86LR6/upload_binary/86lr66.pdf;fileType=application/pdf).
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