FOREWORD
Budget Paper No.2 — Budget Measures 1998‑99 ensures that the Budget Papers provide comprehensive information on all outlays and revenue measures announced in the Budget. 
Budget Paper No.2 comprises two parts:
•	Part I: Outlays Measures; and
•	Part II: Revenue Measures. 
A summary table of all measures introduced since the 1997‑98 Budget is included in each part, with those measures introduced since the Mid‑Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 1997‑98 (MYEFO) (including in this Budget) described in detail. Detailed descriptions of measures up to the time of the MYEFO are included in that document.
Budget Paper No.1 — Budget Strategy and Outlook 1998‑99, also provides information on overall trends in budget outlays and revenue estimates in: Statement 1 — Fiscal Strategy; Statement 2 — Economic and Fiscal Outlook; Statement 4 — Outlays; and Statement 5 — Revenue. 

CONTENTS
Part i: Outlays Measures	1-
	Summary Tables	1-
		Outlays measures in the 1997‑98 Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook	1-
		Outlays measures introduced in the Budget and since the 
1997‑98 Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook	1-
			Attorney‑General’s	1-
			Communications and the Arts	1-
			Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs	1-
			Environment	1-
			Finance and Administration	1-
			Foreign Affairs and Trade	1-
			Health and Family Services	1-
			Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	1-
			Industry, Science and Tourism	1-
			Primary Industries and Energy	1-
			Prime Minister and Cabinet	1-
			Social Security	1-
			Transport and Regional Development	1-
			Treasury	1-
			Veterans’ Affairs	1-
			Workplace Relations and Small Business	1-
			Cross Portfolio	1-
Part II: Revenue Measures	2-
	Summary Tables	2-
		Measures introduced in the 1998‑99 Budget	2-
		Measures introduced up to the 1998‑99 Budget	2-

NOTES

(a)	The following definitions are used in this Budget Paper:

•	underlying outlays = total outlays - net advances;
•	net advances = net equity transactions + net policy lending;
•	‘real’ means adjusted for the effect of inflation;
•	real growth in outlays is measured by the non‑farm Gross Domestic Product deflator;
•	Budget year refers to 1998‑99, while the forward years refer to 1999‑2000,  2000-01 and 2001‑02; and
•	one billion is equal to one thousand million.
(b)	Figures in tables and generally in the text have been rounded. Discrepancies in tables between totals and sums of components are due to rounding: 
•	estimates under $100,000 are rounded to the nearest thousand;
•	estimates $100,000 and over are rounded to the nearest tenth of a million;
•	estimates midway between rounding points are rounded up; and
•	the percentage changes in statistical tables are calculated using unrounded data.
(c)	In tables, the sign in front of the number reflects the impact of the change on the aggregate concerned, eg a negative in a revenue table reflects a reduction in revenue.
(d)	For the budget balance, a negative sign indicates a deficit while no sign indicates a surplus.
(e)	The following notations are used:
	NEC/nec	not elsewhere classified
	AEST	Australian Eastern Standard Time
	-	nil
	..	not zero, but rounded to zero
	na	not applicable (unless otherwise specified)
	nfp	not for publication
	$m	$ million

(f)	References to the ‘States’ or ‘each State’ include the Territories, because from 1993‑94 onwards, general purpose funding has been on the same basis for all jurisdictions. The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory are referred to as ‘the Territories’. The following abbreviations are used for the names of the States, where appropriate:
NSW	New South Wales
VIC/Vic	Victoria
QLD/Qld	Queensland
WA	Western Australia
SA	South Australia
TAS/Tas	Tasmania
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
NT	Northern Territory
Budget Measures 1998-99 is one of a series of Budget Papers, the purpose of which is to provide information supplementary to that in the Budget Speech. A full list of the series is printed on the inside cover of this paper.