Deputy Liberal Leader Julie Bishop claims the Abbott Government inherited the worst set of financial accounts in Australia's history.

As always, the state budget provides the Victorian Government an opportunity to increase investment to support the most vulnerable and marginalised members of our community – not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes both economic and social sense.

In 2012–13, $55.9 billion was spent on hospitals in Australia, $52.9 billion on primary health care and $29.9 billion on other areas of health spending. Summary This report extends the analysis presented in Health expenditure Australia 2012-13 to further explore expenditure on particular categories of health goods and services, including Hospitals, Primary health care, Other...

Provides estimates of government expenditure on services provided to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians by the Australian Government, and State and Territory governments. Key points

The budget’s shortcomings don’t end with the fairness problem... It has failed to win support from the voters, and failed to win support from the Senate. Why? I think there are two reasons. The first is that its measures, taken together, fail the test of fairness. That’s well known, and the opinion polls show the...