This paper by Graeme Selleck, updated for the 2003-04 financial year, is designed to provide readers with a 'ready reckoner' - a simple, easy to use summary of superannuation taxation and preservation rules. It includes summaries of the latest changes to the superannuation system by the government, as well as the government's remaining proposed change...

This electronic brief provides a survey of parliamentary debate during the establishment of the parliamentary pension scheme for senators and members. By outlining the basis upon which the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Bill 1948 was introduced, the e-brief hopes to assist debate on proposed changes to the scheme in 2004. A selective chronology of legislative amendments...

This report estimates the nutrient content in the food supply, from which assessments can be made as to whether the nutrients available for consumption in Australia are adequate to meet the needs of the population.

This report is the outcome of a project undertaken for the Australian government's Department of Health and Ageing on the consistency and comparability of dependency information across three aged and community care programs: Home and Community Care, Aged Care Assessment Program and Community Aged Care Packages.

The 2002-03 home purchase assistance collection was the fourth and final collection to occur under the 1999 CSHA. The 1999 CSHA aims to facilitate access to affordable, appropriate and secure housing for people on low incomes and people with special needs. Under this CSHA a new national performance indicator framework was developed for the public...