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

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