Appendix D - Major initiatives

This table summarises the major initiatives in the 2015 Budget and their impact on the fiscal balance. More comprehensive information is provided in Budget Paper No. 2, Budget Measures 2015‑16.

Key Measures	2014‑15 $m	2015‑16 $m	2016‑17 $m	2017‑18 $m	2018‑19 $m	Total $m
Families Package ‑ child care ‑ Workforce Participation Stream	-1	-141	-277	-1,309	-1,472	-3,199
Medicare Benefits Schedule – changes to GP rebates – reversal	-181	-646	-692	-718	-754	-2,991
Growing Jobs and Small Business – Youth Employment Strategy – revised waiting period for youth income support	4	-462	-438	-447	-501	-1,845
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – new and amended listings	-7	-388	-391	-401	-387	-1,575
Families Package – National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education – extension	0	-125	-420	-299	0	-843
Developing Northern Australia – Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility	0	-1	-327	-266	-206	-800
Automotive Transformation Scheme – revised implementation	-100	-175	-150	-183	-175	-783
Western Australia Infrastructure Projects	-499	0	0	0	0	-499
Operation Okra – continued support	-3	-383	-22	-10	0	-418
Refugee resettlement arrangements for Illegal Maritime Arrivals in offshore processing centres	-138	-252	0	0	0	-390
Families Package – Child Care Safety Net	0	-8	-79	-135	-105	-328
Families Package – more generous means testing arrangements for youth payments	0	-21	-75	-81	-85	-263
Digital Transformation Agenda – Stage One and establishment of the Digital Transformation Office	0	-118	-71	-41	-25	-255
National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness – extension	0	-115	-115	0	0	-230
Growing Jobs and Small Business – Youth Employment Strategy – Intensive Support – transition to work	0	‑25	-61	-64	-62	-212
Total	‑924	‑2,859	‑3,118	‑3,956	‑3,773	‑14,630

Revenue items	2014‑15 $m	2015‑16 $m	2016‑17 $m	2017‑18 $m	2018‑19 $m	Total $m
Growing Jobs and Small Business ‑ tax cuts for small business	0	‑250	‑950	‑1,000	‑1,050	‑3,250
Growing Jobs and Small Business – expanding accelerated depreciation for small businesses	0	‑250	‑800	‑850	150	‑1,750
Personal income tax – modernising the methods used for calculating work-related car expense deductions	0	0	270	280	295	845
Strengthening Australia’s foreign investment framework	0	81	166	199	205	651
Personal income tax – changes to tax residency rules for temporary working holiday makers	0	‑1	98	218	220	535
GST – compliance programme – three year extension	0	0	132	160	153	445
Cost Recovery of Citizenship and adjustment of Visa Application Charges	0	103	109	111	113	437
Personal income tax – better targeting the Zone Tax Offset to exclude ‘fly-in fly-out’ and ‘drive-in drive-out’ workers	0	0	105	110	110	325
Introducing a cap for salary sacrificed meal entertainment and entertainment facility leasing expenses	0	20	85	90	100	295
Total	0	‑297	‑785	‑681	296	‑1,467