Government Budget of 2024

Proposed by Democratic Group · Passed 25 Oct 2024

✅ Passed

Rationale

Thanks to the groundwork laid by Democratic Group's coalition when we were last in office, the economy is now in good shape. These changes respond to the demands of voters with regards to the arts, and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of other services to ensure that a great surplus remains, but that lives are visibly improved by strategic increases in spending.

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

Annual Taxes

Earning band	Tax rate
Personal income tax: Low earners	10%
Personal income tax: Medium earners	22% 20%
Personal income tax: High earners	34%
Personal income tax: Elite earners	36%

Annual Spending

Category	$ per capita	Peers	% of budget	Amount
Social Welfare	$1,050	$1,045	9.2% 8.9%	$62.8bn
Retirement	$2,291	$1,890	20.0% 19.4%	$137.0bn
Healthcare	$2,508	$2,389	21.9% 21.3%	$150.0bn
Education	$2,010	$1,649	17.5% 17.0%	$120.2bn
Housing	$669	$603	5.8% 5.7%	$40.0bn
Justice, Police & Internal Security	$622	$683	5.4% 5.3%	$37.2bn
Defence	$391	$831	3.4% 3.3%	$23.4bn
Environment & Climate	$184 $201	$241	1.6% 1.7%	$11.0bn $12.0bn
Business Support	$674	$592	5.9% 5.7%	$40.3bn
Arts, Culture & Media	$167 $341	$255	1.5% 2.9%	$10.0bn $20.4bn
Foreign Aid	$42 $69	$70	0.4% 0.6%	$2.5bn $4.1bn
Roads & Highways	$302 $385	$386	2.6% 3.3%	$18.1bn $23.0bn
Public Transport & Rail	$242 $284	$309	2.1% 2.4%	$14.5bn $17.0bn
Energy Infrastructure	$181	$234	1.6% 1.5%	$10.8bn
Ports & Airports	$120	$157	1.1% 1.0%	$7.2bn
Total			100.0%	$685.0bn $705.4bn

Vote tally

Parliament

Passed

56Yes 0No 44Not voted 100 seats

For: 56 / 100 filled seats (56.0%) — needs 50.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 44

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Avalon Citizens United	0	Yes	We will support this budget
Avalon Commonwealth	9	Yes	We support this coalition budget: it delivers the arts funding commitment, protects retirement, welfare and education, lowers tax for medium earners, and improves transport while maintaining a strong surplus.
Cashmen	13	Not voted
Centrist Zone	29	Not voted
Democratic Group Proposer	47	Yes	No reason given
Twin Avalon	2	Not voted

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Avalon Commonwealth

Voted Oct. 25, 2024

Yes

“We support this coalition budget: it delivers the arts funding commitment, protects retirement, welfare and education, lowers tax for medium earners, and improves transport while maintaining a strong surplus.”

Avalon Citizens United

Voted Oct. 25, 2024

Yes

“We will support this budget”

Current budget Budget history