Governments spent over $136 billion on the services covered in this year's report, equivalent to around 13 per cent of Australia's national income.

The report covers:

    •    Children's services
    •    School education
    •    Vocational education and training
    •    Police services
    •    Court administration
    •    Corrective services
    •    Ambulance events
    •    Fire events
    •    Public hospitals
    •    Maternity services
    •    Primary and community health
    •    Breast cancer detection and management
    •    Mental health
    •    Aged care services
    •    Services for people with disability
    •    Supported accommodation and assistance services
    •    Child protection and out-of-home care services
    •    Juvenile justice services
    •    Mainstream community housing
    •    Indigenous community housing
    •    Public housing and state owned and managed Indigenous housing
    •    Delivery of Commonwealth Rent Assistance
    •    Government services and Indigenous people

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