OECD Economic Surveys: Australia 2006OECD Publishing, Jul 31, 2006 - 154 pages This 2006 edition of OECD's periodic survey of the Australian economy finds that reforms have raised both economic performance and resilience, but that some challenges stil remain, including closing the productivity gap and raising labour utilisation. Individual chapters look at fiscal relations across levels of government, further reforming infrastructure services, providing greater flexibility in workplace conditions, and improving incentives to work, especially for olders workers and women with families. |
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Page 82 - Governments should receive funding from the Commonwealth such that, if each made the same effort to raise revenue from its own sources and operated at the same level of efficiency each would have the capacity to provide services at the same standard.
Page 132 - ... parental leave, including maternity and adoption leave; public holidays; allowances; loadings for working overtime or for casual or shift work; penalty rates; redundancy pay and notice of termination; standdown provisions; dispute settling procedures; jury service; type of employment, such as full-time employment, casual employment, regular part-time employment and shift work; superannuation; pay and conditions for outworkers; provisions incidental to the allowable matters and necessary for the...
Page 150 - Beer, G. (2003). Work Incentives under a New Tax System: The Distribution of Effective Marginal Tax Rates in 2002.
Page 132 - ... leave; public holidays; allowances; loadings for working overtime or for casual or shift work; penalty rates; redundancy pay and notice of termination; stand-down provisions; dispute settling procedures; jury service; type of employment, such as full-time employment, casual employment, regular part-time employment and shift work; superannuation; and pay and conditions for outworkers.
Page 91 - New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Northern Territory Total State/Territory Component Commonwealth Component(b) 1.377 1,672 1.6% 294 625 174 261 21 6,120 2,754 Total 8,874 (a) Projects 'sponsored' by State or local government or by community groups.
Page 47 - Reserve Bank of Australia. 2002. Australia's Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging Practices.
Page 70 - Rethinking Regulation: Report of the Taskforce on Reducing Regulatory Burdens on Business", Report to the Prime Minister and the Treasurer, Canberra, January.
Page 17 - ... land property and payroll tax bases. A less direct option would be to allow the states to "piggyback" on the personal income tax levied by the Commonwealth, with the centre making "tax room" by lowering its personal income tax.
Page 143 - Eligibility for a Disability Support Pension (DSP) is based on age, residency, assessed medical impairment and work capacity. Applicants must be aged between 16 and AgePension age, have a medical impairment that attracts at least 20 points under the...
Page 97 - ... analytical support from the Productivity Commission. The COAG has agreed to establish an independent body, the COAG Reform Council (CRC), to report to COAG annually on progress in implementing the National Reform Agenda. If funding is needed to ensure a fair sharing of the costs and benefits of reform, the Commonwealth will provide funding to the States and Territories on a case-by-case basis once specific implementation plans have been developed — plans for transport, energy, and infrastructure...