… Read articleIssue
Does the payment of general rates to the entity, a local government, constitute the payment of an ‘Australian tax’, for the purposes of subsection 81-5(1) of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (GST Act)?
Decision
Yes, the payment of general rates to the entity constitutes the payment of an ‘Australian tax’, for the purposes
It’s extremely frustrating when people send me links with zero explanation. I no longer open them.
What we are in, is a maze of traps. We have a kazillion paths to investigate, research. I might be investigating, researching one, sometimes a couple of paths at a time. I need to get to the bottom of a path to find the … Read article
Currently listed as a Bill (after “enacted” becomes an Act) [bold underline emphasis added] https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2324a/24bd058
Digital ID Bill 2024
… Read articleDivision 6—Other matters relating to accreditation
29 Digital IDs must be deactivated on request
(1) This section applies if an accredited identity service provider generates a digital ID of an individual.
(2) The accredited identity service provider must, if
Land Title Practice Manual (Queensland) TrustManualltpm-part-51Highlighted (Part 51 pdf)
https://www.titlesqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/land-title-practice-manual.pdf (complete manual file url)
https://www.titlesqld.com.au/manual-guides/land-title-practice-manual/ (page url)
Part 51 – Trusts
[51-0100]… Read articleTrusts Generally
The only instruments or documents that may be registered to record trustees are:
• Form 5 or 5A – Transmissions by Death (as personal representatives);
• Form 1 – Transfer
The following article was published on the Telegraph news website 24 March 2001 (retrieved by web archive recovery):
Published: 12:00AM GMT 24 Mar 2001
FOUR peers invoked ancient rights under the Magna Carta yesterday to petition the Queen to block closer integration with Europe.
The Duke of Rutland, Viscount Masserene and Ferrard, Lord Hamilton of Dalzell and Lord
Clausula rebus sic stantibus is the legal doctrine allowing for a contract or a treaty to become inapplicable because of a fundamental change of circumstances. In public international law the doctrine essentially serves an “escape clause” to the general rule of pacta sunt servanda (promises must be kept).[1]: 28 Because the doctrine is
Source: https://constitutionwatch.com.au/local-government-bill-memorandum-1988/
[Bold underline emphasis added]
GENERAL OUTLINE
This Bill proposes that the Constitution be amended so as to give recognition in the Constitution to local government in the States.
… Read articleNOTES ON INDIVIDUAL CLAUSES
Clause 1: Short title
Clause 2: Local Government
2. This clause inserts in the Constitution a new section (section 119A) obliging each State to
On the subject of “compulsory voting”.
http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/rpa1984353/s45.html
(1) It is the duty of every elector to vote at a referendum.
(2) The Electoral Commissioner must, after the voting day at a referendum, being a referendum the voting day for which was not the same as that fixed for … Read article
Just imagine if your address was a suburb away, a town away, in another state?
Imagine if everyone traded postal addresses with a mate at some other address.
Your address would always be
“in c/o 123 Mates Road, town the other end of your state”
Your mate can check, send an SMS, take a picture if necessary, forward, bin, RTS, … Read article
For the attention of every senator and every member of the House of Representatives:
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (current until a referendum changes it)
… Read article42 Oath or affirmation of allegiance.
Every senator and every member of the House of Representatives shall before taking his seat make and subscribe before the Governor-General, or some person