Index

A
A New Tax System, 5, 19
(Commonwealth-State Financial Arrangements — Consequential Provisions) Act 1999, 6
(Commonwealth-State Financial Arrangements) Act 1999, 6
Accommodation taxes, 18
Agreement to Implement the National Competition Policy and Related Reforms, 15, 22, 33
Australian Capital Territory, 15, 32, 47
Australian Land Transport Development Act 1988, 24
B
Budget Balancing Assistance (BBA), 9, 15, 16–21
Grants, 15–16, 18–19
Loans, 9, 16, 18–19
C
Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC), 28, 30
FAGs relativities, 19, 30
GST relativities, 12, 14, 30
Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities 1999, 35
Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities 2000 Update, 12, 29, 30
Commonwealth hospital funding, 27
Commonwealth‑State Housing Agreement, 27
CPI estimates, 1, 19, 22, 23
D
Debits Tax, 6
F
Financial Assistance Grants (FAGs), 7, 18, 19, 25, 30, 33–36
Financial Institutions Duty, 6
First Home Owners Scheme, 6–7, 18, 30
G
Gambling Taxes, 18
General Purpose Assistance, 23–25
General Revenue Assistance, 9, 11, 15, 16, 33
Goods and Services Tax (GST), 5, 9, 12–14, 28, 30–32
Administration costs, 18
Growth dividend, 11, 14, 31
Measures, 49–53
Adult and Community Education, 52
Amendments to Financial Services, 51
Complementary health services, 51
Food, 50
Motor vehicle operating lessors, 52
Pre-paid funeral contracts, 53
Public health goods, 52
S2 medicines, 51
Goods and Services Tax (GST) Revenue Provision, 9, 11–14, 18, 21
Guaranteed Minimum Amount (GMA), 16–18, 21
Methodology paper, 14, 16
Gun Buyback Scheme, 27
H
Health Care Grants (HCGs), 12, 14, 31
Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation (HFE), 9, 12, 30–32
I
Identified road grants, 25, 34, 35
Indexation, 19, 23, 26, 33
Interest costs, 18
Intergovernmental Agreement on the Reform of Commonwealth-State Financial Relations, 5, 12, 16, 28, 37
L
Loan Council, 39–43
Allocations, 39–42
Local government
Escalation factor, 23
General purpose assistance, 23, 25
Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995, 23
M
Medicare, 27
Ministerial Council for Commonwealth‑State Financial Relations, 6–7, 13, 14, 16, 39
Mirror taxes, 12
N
National Competition Council (NCC), 22
National Competition Payments (NCPs), 9, 15, 16, 22, 34
New South Wales, 30–32, 37, 45
Northern Territory, 30–32, 48
O
Off-road diesel subsidies, 18
P
Payments
State/Local Sector, 9
Pensions
Allowances, 6
Population, 1, 12, 14, 33–36
Growth, 23
Premiers’ Conference, 5, 34–36
Q
Queensland, 32, 46
R
Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities 2000 Update, 22
Revenue Replacement Payments, 18, 37, 38
Alcohol, 30, 38
Petroleum, 30, 38
Tobacco, 30, 37–38
S
Safety net arrangements, 12, 37
Alcohol, 37
Petroleum, 37
Tobacco, 37
Savings from Tax Reform, 18
South Australia, 32, 46
Special Revenue Assistance (SRA), 9, 15, 16, 22, 34
Specific Purpose Payments (SPPs), 9, 26–28
Direct to Local Government, 11, 26
Through, 11, 26
To, 11, 26
Stamp duties, 6
States Grants (General Purposes) Act 1994, 36
T
Tasmania, 30–32, 47
The New Tax System, 49
Transitional assistance. See  Budget Balancing Assistance (BBA)
Treasury, Department of the, 14
U
Uniform Presentation Framework (UPF), 41
V
Victoria, 30–32, 45
Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992, 27
W
Western Australia, 30–32, 46
Wholesale Sales Tax (WST) Payments, 18