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Accountants call for $3 billion a year tax cuts

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
... three income brackets. The new model would scrap the $6,000 tax-free threshold and the top tax rate of 47% and means test welfare benefits to higher income earners, costing about $3 billion a year. CPA Australia chief executive Greg Larson said the bill ...

Federal budget deficit $2.656 billion to end January

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
... their yearly funding paid in January. There were also more paydays in the month, Senator Minchin said, bumping up the welfare bill.

Baby boomers to be urged to rethink early retirement

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
... is another option to keep older people working longer. The paper may also flag tougher mutual obligation rules to make welfare recipients do more to earn their disability or single-parent pension, and further deregulation of labour markets.

Costello promises surplus with hope for tax cut this year

... cut taxes, it would be taken. "We will keep the Budget in surplus," he told the Nine Network. "After we've paid the due welfare and education and health spending which we think Australians want and demand, we think taxpayers should get a return. "That's ...

Greater fiscal discipline needed: OECD

... the automatic stabilisers. OECD said reform of the income support system should aim at strengthening the incentives of welfare recipients to participate in gainful employment. The unemployment rate is slated to dip from six percent in 2003, to 5.9% in ...

Treasury boss pushes reforms to maintain growth

... growth over the last 30 years, and 2 per cent during the 1990s. Dr Henry said reforms to education and training policy; welfare and health, taxation, energy, water, transport, communications, trade and foreign investment would also help boost productivity. ...

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... could go lower if we can continue to grow the Australian economy, if we have measures passed in the Senate to change our welfare system and our labour force system, we could bring it down," said Mr Costello. Markets had been expecting the jobless rate ...

Company taxes feed $7.5 billion budget surplus: Costello

... government also reaped an extra $1.0 billion in taxes from individuals. On the spending side, there were lower payments for welfare and family tax benefits and lower education costs. The final budget outcome showed general government net debt fell $8.4 ...

Government posts $1.28 billion operating balance for 2001/02: ABS

... capital was $30.03 billion. The highest expense item for all Australian governments during 2001/02 was social security and welfare at $74.55 billion, followed by health at $44.33 billion, education at $37.55 billion and public debt transaction at $16.51 ...