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OECD Economic Surveys: Australia 2014

Basic statistics of Australia. (Data refer to 2013 unless otherwise stated; numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average).

Executive summary

Assessment and recommendations

Follow-up to previous OECD policy recommendations

Improving taxes and transfers

Federal-state relations

Acronyms and abbreviations used in this survey

Federal-state relations

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Organization	OECD
Abstract	Australia’s inter-governmental fiscal relations have gradually moved towards greater centralisation. State governments receive sizeable transfers from the federal government and own revenues only partially cover their expenses. Finding the right balance between federal control and state autonomy in public service provision and its financing has not been easy. Over time various compromises have somewhat blurred responsibilities in various functional areas or reduced incentives to raise sub-national revenues potentially affecting public sector efficiency and service quality. A better balance, one in which central government has less steerage over state activities and states have more financing autonomy but also bear increased responsibility is likely to improve outcomes. Federal-state shared responsibilities continue to affect the efficiency of healthcare service delivery in particular. A clearer delineation of roles in shared functions and possibly a reallocation of responsibilities in some cases, are important. There is also scope to reduce federal grant conditionality further to contain red tape and enhance transparency and give the states a more flexible allocation of funds. Strengthening states’ revenue-raising by broadening existing tax bases would promote efficiency. Consideration could be given to the introduction of a state-level income tax. The government’s current review of the federal system, focusing on both spending and tax responsibilities, is welcome, as is the whole-of-government approach to the process.
Language	English
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Publisher Date	2014-12-16
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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