Research Paper no. 3 2012–13
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Research Branch
May 2013
Introduction
Contents
Budget overview
Budget 2013–14—Context and commentary
Revenue adjustments
Revised revenue projections and associated expenditure for the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT)
Backgrounders
Australian Public Service
Border Security
National Broadband Network (NBN)
Official Development Assistance (ODA) since 2007–08
Tracking climate change funding and staffing
Trends in Defence expenditure
Legal aid and legal assistance services
Federal courts funding
Budget briefs
Agriculture
Farm finance
Arts and media and sport
Creative Australia
Broadcasting
Sport
Climate change, energy and the environment
Environment
Water
Climate action
Mining and resources changes
Carbon scheme adjustments
Commonwealth-State relations
Commonwealth payments to the states
Corporate governance
Financial regulation
Defence
Defence Budget overview
Defence Capital Investment Program
Australian Defence Force (ADF) operations and regional engagement
Defence personnel
Education
Early childhood education
School education: expenditure
School education: the National Plan for School Improvement
Indigenous education
Higher education
Vocational education and training
Foreign affairs
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade—overview
Official Development Assistance: a commitment delayed further
Health and ageing
Aged care workforce wage pressures
Cancer initiatives
Medicare
Net medical expenses tax offset
Other health measures
Immigration and border control
Migration and humanitarian programs
Responding to unauthorised arrivals
Industry policy
Industry and innovation package
Infrastructure
Roads and rails
Law, policing and national security
Funding for the Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse
Legal aid
Indigenous law and justice
Independent children’s lawyer—exemption from court fees
Reduction of funding for international legal measures
Organised crime and crime prevention
Local government
Referendum on Local Government
Public sector
Science and research
Science outlook
Social services and welfare
Abolishing the Baby Bonus
Further savings from family assistance payments
DisabilityCare Australia
Indigenous affairs
Work and study incentives for the unemployed and single parents
Housing help for age pensioners
Superannuation
No new major superannuation announcements
Taxation
Measures to minimise exploitation of franking credits by ‘dividend washing’
Measures to protect the corporate tax base
Further tax compliance measures
Taxation—reforms to work-related self-education expenses
Workplace relations
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