Index

A
Age Pension, 2, 3, 9, 41–42, 44–45, 58–59, 62, 77
Aged care, 9, 33, 34, 37, 38, 62, 77, 80
Ageing population, 1, 4, 19, 31, 38, 58–59, 66
Average hours worked, 26
B
Budget balance, 1, 13
C
Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme, 49
Community care services, 34–35, 83
Company tax, 85
Consumer Price Index (CPI), 10
D
Debt, 1, 3, 14, 15
Defence, 51, 66
Disability Support Pension, 9, 42, 65, 77–79
E
Economic growth, 4–5, 25
Education, 7, 11, 33, 43, 58–59, 65, 79–80
Employment growth, 5, 25–26
Environment, 52, 66
F
Family payments, 9, 43, 59, 65, 79
Fertility rates, 4, 19, 31, 65
Fiscal strategy, 15–16
G
GDP deflator, 30
Goods and services tax (GST), 87
H
Health, 7–9, 33–34, 37, 39–40, 59, 62
Hospitals, 14, 34, 37
Hostels, 35, 83
Hours worked, 25–26
I
Income tax, 53
Indirect tax, 53, 85–86
Inflation, 3, 30, 80
Interest rates, 2, 13
Intergenerational equity, 14
International comparisons, 31
Investment, 2, 13–14
L
Labour force growth, 22, 25, 61
Labour force participation, 5, 26–29, 63, 66, 71, 73–74
Life expectancy, 4, 20, 34, 74
Living standards, 2, 5, 13–14, 25, 31
M
Mature Age Allowance, 41
Medical Benefits Scheme, 8, 34
Medicare, 8, 34–35
Medicare levy, 34
Migration, 4, 21, 64–65, 64
Mortality rates, 4, 20, 62, 74
N
National Commission of Audit, 54
Net worth, 15
Newstart Allowance, 41
Nursing homes, 35, 58, 83
P
Parenting Payment (Single), 9, 41–43, 77, 79
Participation rate. See Labour force participation
Pension
Age Pension, 2, 3, 9, 41–42, 44–45, 58–59, 62, 77
Disability Support Pension, 9, 42, 65, 77–79
Service Pension, 9, 41–42, 44, 59, 62, 77
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, 2, 9, 34, 36, 62, 81
Population growth, 4, 5, 20–22
Private health insurance, 1, 8, 34, 36, 40, 81
Private sector investment, 2
Productivity growth, 4–5, 25, 30–31, 60, 62
Profits, 53, 85
Public Sector Superannuation Scheme, 49
R
Residential aged care, 2, 34
Revenue, 7, 57, 66, 85
S
Savings, 3, 16
Schools, 14, 46
Sensitivity analysis, 4
Service Pension, 9, 41–42, 44, 59, 62, 77
Superannuation, 1, 10, 44, 49–50, 63, 73
Sustainability, 2, 13–14
T
Tax, 6, 13, 16, 53, 66, 85
Tax burden, 15–16
Taxation revenue, 53
Technology, 3, 36, 59, 63, 74
The New Tax System, 41, 55
Training, 11, 43, 79
Transparency, 15
U
Uncertainty, 4
Unemployment, 29
Allowances, 10, 42, 59, 62, 79
Payments, 44, 65
Rate, 10, 26–29, 28, 30, 62–63, 73
V
Veterans, 41–42
W
Wages, 30, 53, 80
War widows, 41–42
Y
Youth Allowance, 41