Recognising older Australians / statement by Peter Costello, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 1390502
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Australia. Treasury
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. Nq 328.94 AUS copy
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1996
- iv, 25 p. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 064443788X
- Series:
- Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 1996, no. 94.
- Full contents:
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- Retirement incomes: self provision
- Making superannuation fairer and move flexible
- Capital gains tax exemption on the sale of a small business for retirement
- Retirement savings accounts
- Age limit for superannuation contributions increased
- Superannuation spouse rebate
- Tax rebate for low income aged persons
- Retirement incomes: age pension
- Adequacy
- Pension bonus plan
- Better targeting and simplification
- Removal of the deeming 'free area'
- Removal of superannuation assets means test exemption for over 55s
- Special Rural Task Force
- Rationalisation of payments on trafers from allowance to pension payments
- Assistance for widows and partners
- One pension advance a year
- Rent assistance changes
- Removal of pensioner concession care entitlement for certain ex-pensioners
- Change to voluntary work provision for older unemployed people
- Extended compensation provisions to age pensioners
- Customer service
- Shopfronts
- streamlined service to pensioners who interractwith both Department of Social Security and Department of Veterans' Affairs
- Financial information service
- Revised claims process for age pension
- Reviews
- Veterans
- Support
- Medication review programme
- Review the 'eligible drugs' list for veterans
- Defence Service Homes Scheme (DSH) loan: remove interst penalty for additional advances
- DSH loan: to widowers of WWI women
- Other support measures
- Recognition
- Australian War Memoral code compliance, visitor access and refurbishment
- Commemorative activities
- Vietnam revisited
- Increased demand for maintenance of Australian Office of War Graves (AOWG) graves and memorials
- Sandakan Memorial Park, Sabah, Malaysia
- National memorial to service women
- Health and aged care
- Residential aged care structural reform
- Replace rent assistance with higher direct subsidies
- Client fees in Home and Community Care
- Healthy seniors
- Private health insurance
- Pharmacies as Medicare agents
- Pharmaceuticals
- Musculoskeletal medicine clinics
- Topical anti-fungals
- Dental
- Hearing services
- Confernece for older Australians
- Carers
- National Campaign against Violence and Crime.9.4. 6.0.
- Notes:
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- Also published as Parliamentary Paper no. 94/1996.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2177482328 Nq 328.94 AUS copy
- Subject:
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- Liberal Party of Australia -- Policies
- National Party of Australia -- Policies
- Older people -- Care -- Government policy -- Australia
- Older people -- Government policy -- Australia
- Older people -- Services for -- Australia
- Budget -- Australia
- Budget, 1996-97
- Older people people -- Government policy
- Older people people -- Health and hygiene
- Older people people -- Health and hygiene -- Australia
- Retirement income -- Government policy -- Australia
- Old age pensions -- Government policy -- Australia
- Veterans -- Government policy -- Australia
- Veterans -- Services for -- Australia
- Other authors/contributors:
- Costello, Peter, 1957-
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1996
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