Safeguard full funding for hospitals (PER638)

Summary of proposal

The proposal has three components.

Component 1: The Commonwealth Government would fund 50 per cent of the annual growth in
the efficient cost of activity‐based and block‐funded hospital services on an ongoing basis and
would maintain the activity‐based funding model.

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Blitz elective surgery waiting lists (PER637)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would provide one‐off payments to the states and territories (the states) to help
eliminate public hospital surgery waiting lists for particular categories of clinical urgency. These
payments would be spread over two years from 1 July 2019, with 80 per cent paid in the first year.

The payment would be based on the number of patients on elective surgery waiting lists who have
been waiting longer than clinically indicated for their category as at 30 June 2019. All patients in
clinical urgency categories 1, 2 and 3 would be eligible.

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Blitz elective surgery waiting lists (PER637)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would provide one‐off payments to the states and territories (the states) to help
eliminate public hospital surgery waiting lists for particular categories of clinical urgency. These
payments would be spread over two years from 1 July 2019, with 80 per cent paid in the first year.

The payment would be based on the number of patients on elective surgery waiting lists who have
been waiting longer than clinically indicated for their category as at 30 June 2019. All patients in
clinical urgency categories 1, 2 and 3 would be eligible.

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Abolish the Private Health Insurance Rebate (PER636)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would phase out the Private Health Insurance Rebate over three years from 1 July 2019.

The phase-out would occur as follows:

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Invest in childcare by abolishing the activity test and raising the income threshold (PER635)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has three components.

Component 1 has two elements that relate to the National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education which determines Commonwealth and state funding for preschool attendance. The current agreement concludes at the end of the 2020 calendar year.

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Invest in childcare by abolishing the activity test and raising the income threshold (PER635)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has three components.

Component 1 has two elements that relate to the National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education which determines Commonwealth and state funding for preschool attendance. The current agreement concludes at the end of the 2020 calendar year.

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Invest in childcare by abolishing the activity test and raising the income threshold (PER635)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has three components.

Component 1 has two elements that relate to the National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education which determines Commonwealth and state funding for preschool attendance. The current agreement concludes at the end of the 2020 calendar year.

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Bring public schools to full Schooling Resource Standard by 2023 and establish a school breakfast program (PER634)

Summary of proposal

The proposal has four components to increase funding for government schools.

Component 1 – Increase Commonwealth Government funding for government schools in even annual steps to reach 25 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) by 2023 and maintain this level on an ongoing basis.
All other aspects of current policy for schools funding remain unchanged.
Component 1 would have effect from 1 January 2020.

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Bring public schools to full Schooling Resource Standard by 2023 and establish a school breakfast program (PER634)

Summary of proposal

The proposal has four components to increase funding for government schools.

Component 1 – Increase Commonwealth Government funding for government schools in even annual steps to reach 25 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) by 2023 and maintain this level on an ongoing basis.
All other aspects of current policy for schools funding remain unchanged.
Component 1 would have effect from 1 January 2020.

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End corporate tax avoidance through artificial debt shifting into low-taxing jurisdictions (PER632)

Summary of proposal

This proposal would change the thin capitalisation rules by removing the ‘safe harbour’ and ‘arm’s length’ debt tests, leaving only the ‘worldwide gearing’ debt test.

The proposal would have effect for income years starting from 1 July 2019.

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