This Background Note provides an overview of the current administration of Commonwealth Government advertising, together with some historical information. Advertising has been an activity of Australian governments ‘since their inception’, and campaign advertising (coordinated advertising activities designed to inform or influence behaviour), in one form or another, has been an element of government advertising in...

This paper identifies the fuels that are taxed, the forms that the taxes take and, where possible, quantifies the amounts collected. There are various estimates of the value of government subsidies to fossil fuels in Australia. These estimates range from around $8 billion to $12 billion annually. Fossil fuels are also taxed. The Australian Government...

This Senate report reviews new amendments to taxation laws and recommends that they be passed. The Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011 and the Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2011 were introduced by the Government into the House of Representatives on 13 October 2011. On 3 November 2011, the...

This paper provides a comprehensive set of statistical tables regarding the 2010 Federal Election. The tables contain: national, state and regional summaries; electoral division details; two-party preferred figures; and party strengths in the respective houses of the Parliament. The regional and party status classifications used in the paper are the same as those used by...

This digest explains the key features of the Clean Energy Bill. The Government intends to provide financial assistance to low to middle income households and others, to compensate for the cost of living impact of the introduction of the carbon price on 1 July 2012. That assistance will be delivered through increases to government welfare...