Michael Klapdor
@mklapdor.bsky.social
Social policy researcher at 🇦🇺 Parliamentary Library, Canberra
Mostly welfare, social security, family payments, child care, veterans
Personal account | Impersonal observations
Mostly welfare, social security, family payments, child care, veterans
Personal account | Impersonal observations
Division on 3rd reading - supported by Labor and 3 Liberal Senators, opposed by Greens, PHON, Australia's Voice (Payman), + D Pocock, Thorpe and Tyrrell www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Division on 3rd reading - supported by Labor and 3 Liberal Senators, opposed by Greens, PHON, Australia's Voice (Payman), + D Pocock, Thorpe and Tyrrell www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Statement from legal experts and academics regarding schedule 5 to the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Tabled documents
Documents presented (tabled) in the Senate and the House of Representatives since 2022 (the 47th Parliament). Documents presented prior to this and information for government departments can be access...
www.aph.gov.au
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Statement from legal experts and academics regarding schedule 5 to the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Reposted by Michael Klapdor
Excellent summary of the bill, the amendments, and the history of the debate available from the APH library here:
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025
Key points
The Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025 (the Bill) will:
retrospectively validate social security payment rate calculations...
www.aph.gov.au
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Excellent summary of the bill, the amendments, and the history of the debate available from the APH library here:
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
The delayed report still missed out on the High Court granting special leave to the appeal in the Chaplin case last week
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The delayed report still missed out on the High Court granting special leave to the appeal in the Chaplin case last week
gross that it was wet. It's good they're back though so these little pygmy possums don't go extinct
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
gross that it was wet. It's good they're back though so these little pygmy possums don't go extinct
they used to always come in via the stairwells at APH. They could just be coming from a neighbour and then slipping under the doorway
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
they used to always come in via the stairwells at APH. They could just be coming from a neighbour and then slipping under the doorway