This position paper, Funding High Cost Biotechnology under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, was prepared to aid discussions by stakeholders in the scheme at a forum in Sydney on 7 March 2002. The aim was to identify and assess possible mechanisms or models for funding new high cost biotechnology products and other innovative targeted therapies that...

This paper consider trends in income and expenditure inequality in Australia using data from the last four Household Expenditure Surveys and Income Distribution Surveys conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The results suggest that income inequality increased during the 1990s, but that expenditure inequality remained stable.

This report examines trends in taxable income by postcode in Australia between 1994-95 and 1998-99. The report is based on statistics published by the Australian Taxation Office on the number of taxpayers by postcode, their taxable income and the amount of tax paid.

Access to and use of the Internet and other telecommunications services are rapidly becoming an increasingly common and critical part of commerce, education and social participation. Groups with little opportunity to participate in the services provided by new telecommunications technology will be increasingly disadvantaged socially and economically. The concept of a digital divide is being...

Regional diversity is a hot topic in Australia's policy agenda. The economic and social circumstances of Australians vary significantly by region. Analyses of income inequality in Australia have generally focussed on the national outcomes. In contrast, this paper uses regional modelling techniques to examine the incomes of households in regional Australia and how the distribution...