Index

A
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, 126, 129‑30
Community Development Employment Projects, 129
Community Housing Infrastructure Programme, 187
Community Participation Agreements, 128
Education and training assistance, 130
Fringe benefits tax supplementation, 145
health care, 149
housing, 113
Mining Industry Regional Parterships Programme, 181
Native Title, 71, 187
Separated families, 187
Telecommunications services, 84
Torres Strait Regional Authority, 186
Aged care
checks of homes, 143
Community Visitors Scheme, 144
Continence Aids Assistance Scheme, 150
home care, 152
homes’ funding, 146
Residential Aged Care Advocacy Services Programme, 144
residential aged care homes, 159
Agricultural Development Partnerships, 64
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Expense measures, 63‑70
Revenue measures, 6
Airservices Australia
Location Specific Pricing Subsidy, 41, 189
Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation, 140
Alice Springs - Darwin Railway, 189
Aquaculture impacts, 107
Attorney‑General’s
Expense measures, 71‑74
Revenue measures, 5‑8
Australia Council, expenditure, 75
Australian Antarctic Division
Pricing review, 105
Australian Antarctic Territory, extended continental shelf, 134
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 76
Australian Building Codes Board, 178
Australian Consulate‑General, Chicago, 138

Australian Defence Force removals, exclusion of fringe benefits, 28
Australian Federal Police
East Timor peacekeepers, 74
Reform Programme, 73
Australian Film Finance Corporation, 76
Australian Intelligence Community, improving security, 137
Australian Maritime Safety Authority, additional funding, 188
Australian National Training Authority Agreement, 97
Australian Rail Track Corporation, 193
Australians Working Together, 120‑32
Automotive industry employees, 181
Aviation industry compliance, 188, 226
AvSuper superannuation liabilities, 133
Axiss Australia, renewed funding, 202
B
Backing Australia’s Ability
attracting information and communication technology, 163
Biotechnology Innovation Fund, 171
COMET Programme, 172
Cooperative Research Centres Programme, 172
Information and Communication Technology workers, 15
Innovation Access Programme, 77, 173
innovation in government schools, 91
management of intellectual property, 173
National competitive research grants, 91
National Innovation Awareness Strategy, 77, 174
National Research Facilities, 173
New Industries Development Programme, 66
Online curriculum content, 91
Postgraduate Education Loans Scheme, 11, 92
Premium rate, 175
Pre‑seed fund, 175
Rebate for small companies, 176
Regulatory environment, 171
Research and development
definition of activities, 20
expenditure, 20
plant write off, 21
R&D Start, 176
R&D Tax Concession, 175
tax offset for small companies, 22
systemic research and training infrastructure, 90
University placements, 11, 89
venture capital investment, 174
World‑Class Centres of Excellence, 78, 176
Backing Australia's Sporting Ability, 170
Biodiversity conservation responsibilities, 107
Bradman Memorial Fund, 177
Bridging courses for overseas trained professionals, 13
Bureau of Meteorology
Pricing review, 105
Business Activity Statement (BAS), 27, 200
Business Entry Point internet site, 98
Business tax reform implementation timetable, 36
C
Canberra Airport, 194
Capital gains tax
relief for shareholders of listed investment companies, 22
rollover relief for shares from insurance company demutualisations, 23
Capital measures
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 213‑16
Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, 216‑18
Environment and Heritage, 219
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 219‑24
Detention facilities, 224
Transport and Regional Services, 225‑29
Career and Transition Pilots programme, 93
Carers, 141
Child care services, 131
Child Support Agency liability, 115
Citizenship
Citizenship Visits Programme, 183
media campaign, 163
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), 40, 188
Civilian internees and detainees, one-off payment, 205
Cochlear implants, 159
Commonwealth Games, 2006, 170
Commonwealth Place, 227
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Capital measures, 213‑16
Expense measures, 75‑85
Revenue measures, 8‑10
Community and Business Engagement, 132
Compliance Package
detection, 111
prevention, 111
research and development, 112
Consumer Information Programme, 198
Continence Aids Assistance Scheme, 150
Cultural Development Programme, 79
D
Dairy industry adjustment levy, 6
Dairy Regional Assistance Programme, 64, 98
Datacasting Transmitter Licences, 39
Debt recovery, 207
Debt/equity tax borderline, 34
Deductibility of certain gifts, 25
Defence
asset sales, 217
Australian Defence Force Cadets, 87
Capital Investment Programme, 86
Defence White Paper, 87
East Timor funds, 86
Expense measures, 86‑88
Supplementation for commercial rents, 87
Dementia Education and Support Programme, 143
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
Pricing review, 99
Depreciation of second‑hand assets, 26
Detention facilities, 224
Diabetes
Integrated National Diabetes Programme, 153
Digital interference subsidy, 79
Diplomatic guarding, 71
Disabilities, a better deal for people, 127
Disability Support Pension, 127
Disadvantaged people, assistance, 125
DNA samples, federal prisoners, 74
Domiciliary Medication Management Review, 155
E
Education
bridging courses for overseas trained professionals, 13, 95
Jobs Pathway Programme, 96
onshore processing of students, 166
schooling outcomes, 94
Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Expense measures, 89‑97
Resourcing, 89
Revenue measures, 11‑13
Electorate offices, IT upgrade, 134
Electromagnetic public health issues, 10
Electronic Travel Authority, 17
Employment assistance, 118
Employment services, 122‑25, 128
Working Credit initiative, 130
Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
Capital measures, 216‑18
Expense measures, 98‑100
Enterprise and Career Education Foundation
Work Placement Coordinators, 93
Entity taxation exposure draft legislation, 39
Environment and Heritage
Capital measures, 219
Expense measures, 101‑8
Environment Management Charge, 107
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, 218
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace, on-line service, 99
Excess imputation credits, 30
Excise
draught beer, 42
petroleum fuels, 41
Expense measures, 45‑206, 45‑206
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 63‑70, 64
Attorney‑General’s, 71‑74
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 75‑85
Defence, 86‑88
Education, Training and Youth Affairs, 89‑97
Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, 98‑100
Environment and Heritage, 101‑8
Family and Community Services, 109‑19
Finance and Administration, 133‑36
Foreign Affairs and Trade, 137‑38
Health and Aged Care, 139‑62
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 163‑69
Industry, Science and Resources, 169‑82
Parliamentary Departments, 183
Prime Minister and Cabinet, 184‑85
Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, 186‑87
Transport and Regional Services, 188‑94
Treasury, 195‑203
Veterans Affairs’, 204‑8
F
Family and Community Services
Expense measures, 109‑19
Revenue measures, 14
Family Tax Benefit shared care, 115
Farmbis, Skilling Farmers for the Future Programme, 70
Federal Flood Mitigation Programme, 191
Finance and Administration
Expense measures, 133‑36
private financing unit, 133
Financial Sector Levy, 42
Financial Services Reform Implementation, 195
First Home Owners Scheme, 197
Flood assistance
NSW, 68
Recovery Fund, 191
Flood Assistance
Package, 67
Foot and mouth disease, 65
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Expense measures, 137‑38
Fringe benefits tax, 145
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, 145
rebate, 27
Fuel excise indexation, 40
Fuel quality legislation, 102
Fuel tax inquiry, 198
G
Gambling prevention, education strategy, 116
General practioner services, 150
General Tariffs Report, 180
Goods and services tax
Business Activity Statement (BAS), 200
GDP‑adjusted method for calculating GST remittances, 200
input tax credits, 199
quarterly returns, 199
Goodwill Games, 2001, 178
Goondiwindi Serpentine Water Park, 103
Greenhouse
domestic policy, 101
Greenhouse Gas Abatement Programme, 103
international policy, 101
sinks, 101
H
Health and Aged Care
Expense measures, 139‑62
Pricing review, 156
Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995, 147
Health care, 154
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, 149
after hours medical services, 139
asthma, 156
blood supply, safety, 160
cervical screening, 142
cochlear implants, 159
electromagnetic energy emissions, 161
General practioner services, 150
Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995, 147
HealthConnect, 148, 223
Hospital safety, 140
Integrated National Diabetes Programme, 153
Medicines Package, 157, 158
National Childhood Pneumococcal Vaccination Programme, 161
National Immunisation Strategy, 154
National Rural and Remote Health Support Programme, 155
nurses, 139
Nursing Scholarships, 159
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, 149
Polio eradication, 137
Health Care Cards for foster children, 114
Health Insurance Commission, 153
Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), 11
Higher education places for regional universities and campuses, 94
HIH Insurance Group, 201
HIH investigation, 195
Homeless families, 114
House of Representatives, 183
I
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Capital measures, 219‑24
Expense measures, 163‑69
Pricing review, 166
Revenue measures, 14‑18
Immigration services
Electronic Travel Authority, 17, 167
representation in Brasilia, 168
Income tax, 19‑39
Increase in GSM 900 licence fees, 9
Independent Executives visa arrangments, 17
Independent Living Allowance, 119
Indigenous housing, 113
Indirect tax, 40‑42
Industry, Science and Resources
Expense measures, 169‑82
Information and Communication Technology workers, 15
Integrated Client Services Environment system, 224
Integrated National Diabetes Programme, 153
Interest withholding tax, 28
J
Job Placement, Employment and Training Programme, 96
Jobs Pathway Programme, 96
K
Kingsford Smith Airport, sale of (Sydney Airport), 135
L
Living in Harmony Programme, 164
M
Mainline Interstate Railway Track Programme, 193
Major Festivals Initiative, 75
Managed Investments, 196
Mature Age Allowance, 124
Medical care
after hours, 139
emergency care, 139
Medical workforce reform, 141
Medicare
electronic commerce, 143
Levy
low income thresholds, 30
threshold for senior Australians, 37
Medicines Package
consumer education, 157
National Medicines Disposal Programme, 158
National Prescribing Service, 157
Members in Parliament, 183
Memorials, London and Crete, 204
Mentor Marketplace, 118
Methadone, funding for private patients, 142
Mining Industry Regional Parterships Programme, 181
Multicultural Australia, funding, 164
Murray Darling Basin Commission, 66
N
Nairn quarantine funding, 67
National Competition Policy, 203
National Council for the Centenary of Federation, 76
National Demonstration Hospitals Programme, 148
National Food Industry Strategy, 69
National Immunisation Strategy, 154
National Information Infrastructure, 73
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, 100
National Pollutant Inventory, 104
National Recreation Safety Organisations, 179
National Rural and Remote Health Support Programme, 155
National Standards Commission
Pricing review, 181
National Transmission Network, 81
Natural Heritage Trust Extension, 104
Newcastle Structural Adjustment Fund, 192
Newstart Allowance, 123, 126
Non-tax revenue, 42
O
Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing, 135
Office of the Gene Technology Regulator, 146
Older Australians
aged care homes, 143
carers, 141
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card, 109
Community Visitors Scheme, 144
Complaints Resolution Scheme, 144
Culturally Appropriate (Ethnic) Care, 151
Day Therapy Centres, 151
home care, 152
information management for quality care, 145
One‑Off Payment to the Aged, 110
Quality Care Communication Strategy, 145
Residential Aged Care Advocacy Services Programme, 144
Safe at Home Pilot, 152
Telephone Allowance, 110
Onshore processing of students, 16
Overseas defence forces rebate, 25
P
Parliamentary Departments
Expense measures, 183
Partner Allowance, 124
Passenger movement charge, 7
PAYG instalments, 29
Pensioner rebates, 31, 38
Permanent Migration (Non-Humanitarian) Programme, 15, 164
Personal Support Programme, 125
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, 157
PM's X1 vs ATSIC Chairman's X1 cricket match, 177
Polio eradication, 137
Postgraduate Education Loans Scheme, 11
Prepayment arrangements for non‑business and small business taxpayers, 24
Pricing review
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, 186
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 69
Attorney‑General’s, 72
Australian Antarctic Division, 105
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 195
Australian Greenhouse Office, 102
Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation, 170
Bureau of Meteorology, 105
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 80
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, 99
Health and Aged Care, 156
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 166
National Standards Commission, 181
Non-Government Organisations, 112
Veterans’ Affairs, 205‑6
Primary Health Care Access Programme, 149
Prime Minister and Cabinet
Expense measures, 184‑85
Prisoners of war, one-off payment, 205
Pro Bono Secretariat, 72
Productivity Commission report on general tariffs, 7
Property donations, deductions, 19
Q
Queensland East Coast Trawl Restructure Programme, 106
R
Radiocommunications licensing arrangements, 9, 80
Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
Expense measures, 186‑87
Regional Arts Fund, 75
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, 206
Research and development
definition of activities, 20
expenditure, 20
intention test, 36
plant write off, 21
tax offset for small companies, 22
Residential Care Development Scheme, 207
Revenue measures, 1‑43
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 6
Attorney-General’s, 5‑8
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, 8‑10
Education, Training and Youth Affairs, 11‑13
Family and Community Services, 14
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 14‑18
Treasury, 19‑43
Roads
outer metropolitan areas, 192
Roads to Recovery Programme, 192, 193
Rural and regional Australia
Centrelink services, 130
conservation of historic hotels, 103
Higher education places for regional universities and campuses, 94
nurses, 139
nursing scholarships, 159
Rural Financial Counselling Services, 69
service delivery arrangments, 204
Rural Nursing Scholarships, 159
S
Scoresby Freeway, 190
Search and rescue arrangements, 188, 226
Simplification of international payments, 115
Simplified Tax System
accounting method, 19
depreciating assets threshold, 30
grouping rules, 35
Prepayment arrangements, 24
Small and medium enterprises, 180
Snowy and Murray Rivers, 179
Snowy Mountains Hydro‑Electric Authority, 179
Social security arrangements, 116‑18
Australia and New Zealand, 14, 16, 117, 165, 224
Superannuation, 197
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal, 196
Surplus funds reallocation, DoCITA, 78
Sydney Airports Corporation Limited, scoping study, 136
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, 106
T
Tax
Income, 19‑39
Indirect, 40‑42
Non-tax revenue, 42
Telecommunications
consumer representation and research, 83
improving community awareness, 84
improving services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, 84
mobile phone coverage, 82‑83
National Communications Fund, 85
Online Technical Assistance Programme, 82
Rural Internet Access Fund reserve, 81
Termination payments, 32
The New Tax System, 185
Thin capitalisation, 34
Townsville Aquarium — Reef Headquarters, 108, 219
Trade Practices Act 1974, funding, 202
Training, 127
Australian National Training Authority Agreement, 97
Automotive industry employees, 181
bridging courses for overseas trained professionals, 95
Job Placement, Employment and Training Programme, 96
Job Search Training and Intensive Assistance, 122
Jobs Pathway Programme, 96
Numeracy Training Supplement, 130
Transport and Regional Services
Capital measures, 225‑29
Expense measures, 188‑94
Treasury
Expense measures, 195‑203
Revenue measures, 19‑43
U
Unauthorised boat arrivals
processing and detention arrangements, 168, 224
Uniform capital allowance system, 33
United Nations (UN) armed forces rebate, 25
V
Very High Speed Train
scoping study, 190
Veterans’ Affairs
Expense measures, 204‑8
Pricing review, 205‑6
Visa
Independent Executives, 17, 167
Visa Application Charge, 15
W
War Widows Pensions, 208
Western Australia, exceptional circumstances assistance, 68
Westmead Children’s Hospital, 161
Widow Allowance, 124
Wildlife programmes, 107
Women
awareness campaigns, 184
improving access to information, 184

Women’s Development Programme, 184
Women’s National Leadership Initiative, 185
Y
Young and Emerging Artists Initiative, 75
Youth Allowance, 126
Youth-related programmes, 95