National Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault - $16.5 million over four years to facilitate a national approach to combat sexual assault against women.
National Leadership Initiative - $2.4 million over four years to further increase the participation of women in leadership positions.
Women's Development Programme - $5.6 million over four years to expand and enhance the engagement of women, women's organisations, and targeted research in government policy formulation.
Informed Choices for Australian Women - $5.5 million over four years to develop a women's information strategy, including a data warehouse, women's conference, research and policy publication series and web-based information for, and about, women.
Key measures in other Portfolios
$1.7 billion for the Australians Working Together package to strengthen Australia's social safety net. The measures include: $251 million helping parents return to work; $506 million making work pay: Working Credits; $324 million for better employment services to help people who help themselves; and $146 million for a fair go for mature age workers.
$115.6 million over four years for an independent Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation to prevent abuse of alcohol and other licit substances.
$43.4 million over four years to improve after hours emergency care, benefiting women who are high users of after hours emergency care services.
$120.4 million over four years to enhance the identification, care and review for mental health patients by general practioners.
Incentives totalling $71.9 million over four years to general practitioners to increase the rates of participation of women in the National Cervical Screening Programme.
$104.3 million over four years to improve access to medical services in rural areas and other areas of doctor shortage by providing support for general practices to employ practice nurses.
The Postgraduate Education Loans Scheme to provide opportunities for women and others seeking to further their qualifications through higher degrees by coursework or to acquire new skills.
$13.0 million over four years to improve the access to undergraduate nursing education for rural and regional students.
Adjustment of the pensioner rebate, low income aged person's rebate and Medicare levy threshold to ensure that single senior Australians with incomes up to $20,000 are completely free from tax, effective from the 2000-01 income year. For couples, the new effective tax-free threshold is up to $32,612. These rebates cut out at $37,840 for singles and $29,122 for each member of a couple.
Restoration of war widows pension to approximately 3,000 widows who remarried prior to May 1984 and therefore lost eligibility to their war widows pension as a consequence. This measure addresses a long-standing anomaly and ensures that all war widows will be treated in a fair and consistent manner.
A one-off payment of $25,000 each to Australian Defence Force veterans who were held as prisoners of war of Japan and Australian civilian detainees of the Japanese, or people who were at one time their widow or widower. The measure recognises the unique hardships endured by prisoners of war of the Japanese.
A one-off payment of $300 to around 2.2 million income support clients of age pension age, including service pensioners. This payment will provide additional assistance to older people and will also provide an immediate stimulus to spending in the economy.
Increase to the income limits for Commonwealth Seniors Health Card to $50,000 (singles) and $80,000 (couples combined).
Telephone Allowance, currently available for pensioners, will be extended to self-funded retirees who qualify for a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card (CSHC).
$24.3 million over four years on measures to build on and extend quality residential and community care.
$28.8 million over four years on measures to ensure that care standards in residential aged care homes are maintained, a robust quality assurance and complaints handling system is in place and that the community is able to make informed decisions about residential aged care options, and $5 million for grants for smaller aged care homes in rural and urban fringe areas.
Measures to benefit indigenous women and their communities through the $1.7 billion Australians Working Together package and other measures including:
$31.1 million in support for Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) participants to get a job.
$32.2 million for Community Participation Agreements and capacity building.
$59 million in Training Credits for mature age and indigenous job seekers.
$10.2 million in increased education and training assistance for Indigenous Australians.
$75 million for upgrading indigenous housing.
$53.9 million to continue the Link-up network and the counselling and parenting programmes.
