Avalon budget

Proposed by Left Alliance · Passed 5 Feb 2019

✅ Passed

Reduce income tax on low earners maintaning a good budget surplus

Figures show the previous budget where they changed the new value.

Annual Taxes

Earning band	Tax rate
Personal income tax: Low earners	18% 15%
Personal income tax: Medium earners	25%
Personal income tax: High earners	40%
Personal income tax: Elite earners	54% 45%

Category	$ per capita	Peers	% of budget	Amount
Social Welfare	$786 $836	$1,045	6.8% 7.2%	$47.0bn $50.0bn
Retirement	$2,843 $2,676	$1,890	24.4% 23.2%	$170.0bn $160.0bn
Healthcare	$2,341 $2,508	$2,389	20.1% 21.7%	$140.0bn $150.0bn
Education	$1,672	$1,649	14.4% 14.5%	$100.0bn
Housing	$635 $669	$603	5.5% 5.8%	$38.0bn $40.0bn
Justice, Police & Internal Security	$555 $505	$683	4.8% 4.4%	$33.2bn $30.2bn
Defence	$778 $677	$831	6.7% 5.9%	$46.5bn $40.5bn
Environment & Climate	$222	$241	1.9%	$13.3bn
Business Support	$502	$592	4.3%	$30.0bn
Arts, Culture & Media	$172	$255	1.5%	$10.3bn
Foreign Aid	$89 $72	$70	0.8% 0.6%	$5.3bn $4.3bn
Roads & Highways	$370	$386	3.2%	$22.1bn
Public Transport & Rail	$296	$309	2.5% 2.6%	$17.7bn
Energy Infrastructure	$222	$234	1.9%	$13.3bn
Ports & Airports	$148	$157	1.3%	$8.9bn
Total			100.0%	$695.6bn $690.6bn

Failed

47Yes 0No 53Not voted 100 seats

For: 47 / 100 filled seats (47.0%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 53

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alliance Of Liberals And Democrats	10	Yes	No reason given
Avalon Commonwealth	9	Not voted
Cashmen	13	Not voted
Centrist Zone	22	Yes	No reason given
Democratic Group	47	Not voted
Left Alliance Proposer	15	Yes	No reason given
Twin Avalon	2	Not voted

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