Means tests
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Eligibility determinations
Income tests
Entitlement determinations
Assets tests
Media release
$130 billion JobKeeper payment to keep Australians in a job
The Morrison Government will provide a historic wage subsidy to around 6 million workers who will receive a flat payment of $1,500 per fortnight through their employer, before tax. Initiative: Income support partner pay income test Initiative: JobKeeper wage subsidy
Media release
Supporting Australian workers and business
The Commonwealth Government has today released the second stage of its economic plan to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus and help build a bridge to recovery. A total of $189 billion is being injected into the economy by all arms of Government in...
Working paper
Superannuation tax concessions and the age pension: a principled approach to savings taxation
This paper discusses the tax and transfer treatment of private superannuation retirement saving and the public means tested age pension in Australia, and concludes that a more coherent retirement tax and transfer system can be achieved by reducing tax concessions and making the age pension...
Report
Superannuation, social security and retirement income
The overall aim of the Australian retirement income system is to reduce poverty in retirement and produce a higher income in retirement than can be achieved by reliance on the age pension alone. Recently, a third goal has begun to emerge, that of prolonging a...