The Palmer United Party recently announced its intention to block a number of government savings measures. This paper provides an overview of the distribution of those measures. The deferral of the increase in the bottom tax threshold was included in the package of measures to abolish the carbon tax. The rest of the measures relate...

This pamphlet aims to provide detailed coverage of where Australian tax dollars are spent. Overview Taxation is imposed through the coercive power of the state. Politicians often speak of “asking” taxpayers to pay more of this or that tax, but in reality they can and do tell citizens what to pay. It is vital to...

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims the budget conceals an $80 billion cut to hospitals and schools. Prime Minister Tony Abbott disagrees.

Indigenous Australians will be hit hard by the 2014‐15 Budget, argues this paper. Abstract This analysis looks at the Indigenous provisions in the 2014-15 federal Budget. This is done in the light of current and past strategies, policies, programs and funding, and is supported, where this is possible, by data and information drawn from government...

This Statement of Intent outlines the strategic direction for New Zealand's Ministry of Health, work that will be undertaken to deliver key priorities and how success will be measured. Summary The Ministry of Health’s Statement of Intent 2014 to 2018 identifies outcomes for the health system and the Ministry: New Zealanders live longer, healthier and...