2013-2014 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Public Service Amendment (Employment 

for all of us) Bill 2014 

 

No.      , 2014 

 

(Mr Bandt) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Service Act 

1999, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Public Service Act 1999

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Service Act 

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1999, and for related purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Public Service Amendment 

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(Employment for all of us) Act 2014. 

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2  Commencement 

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  This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal 

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Assent. 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

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Amendments 

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Public Service Act 1999 

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1  Section 7 

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Insert: 

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disability has the same meaning as in the Disability Discrimination 

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Act 1992. 

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2  After subsection 11A(2) 

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Insert: 

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Direction to ensure participation of persons with a disability or 

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who come from a non-English speaking background 

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(2A)  For the purpose of the APS Employment Principle mentioned in 

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paragraph 10A(1)(g), the Commissioner must issue a direction in 

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writing that requires the total number, existing on 1 July 2014, of:

 

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(a)  APS employees with a disability; and 

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(b)  APS employees who come from a non-English speaking 

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background; 

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to be doubled by 1 July 2019. 

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3  At the end of subsection 11A(3) 

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Add "or (2A)". 

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