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Australia Yearbook - 2009-10

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GDP, see gross domestic product<br />

gender, see sex (gender)<br />

gender equality, 172–3<br />

general aviation, 630–1, 640, 641<br />

general construction, see construction<br />

general financiers, 670, 684<br />

general government sector, see government<br />

sector<br />

general insurance businesses, 674<br />

general practitioners, see medical<br />

practitioners<br />

General Rate Disability Pension, 291<br />

General Social Survey 2006, 461<br />

geography, 54–9<br />

see also climate; locations<br />

Geoscience <strong>Australia</strong>, 528, 529, 547, 548<br />

Germany, 157, 755<br />

ancestry from, 228<br />

migrants from, 223<br />

visitor arrivals from, 618<br />

see also international comparisons<br />

gestational diabetes, 357<br />

GFS, see government finance<br />

gibber plains, 57<br />

Gillett, Emma, 48<br />

Gini coefficient, 281<br />

Gippsland Basin, 550–1<br />

Girl Guides and Girl Guides <strong>Australia</strong>, 42–52<br />

giroPost, 686<br />

glaciation, see ice ages<br />

glass, recycling of, 97<br />

global aid programs, 176–7<br />

Global Alliance for Vaccines and<br />

Immunisation, 171<br />

Global Carbon Capture and Storage<br />

Institute, 156<br />

global financial crisis impacts, 687–8<br />

bond issuance, 680<br />

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and<br />

Malaria, 171<br />

Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear<br />

Terrorism, 159–60<br />

global radiation, 77<br />

global recession, overseas aid program<br />

responses to, 167–9<br />

Global Road Safety Facility, 173<br />

GNI:ODI ratio, 167<br />

gold, 529, 537, 544, 547<br />

exploration expenditure, 531<br />

exports, 470, 537–8, 539, 585, 753, 754<br />

imports, 539, 585, 754<br />

Gold Coast region, 61, 199, 636<br />

golf, 452<br />

Goods and Services Tax, 696<br />

governance, overseas aid programs<br />

promoting, 171–2<br />

government, 133–45<br />

government finance, 134, 135, 691–8<br />

arts and cultural heritage, 450–1, 600, 605<br />

bonds, 679–80<br />

defence, 180, 182–3, 185, 186<br />

digital game development services, 604<br />

education and training, 380, 404–6<br />

financial flows from financial corporations<br />

sector, 668<br />

foreign debt, 755–7<br />

gross fixed capital formation<br />

(investment), 404, 732<br />

health, 367–73<br />

health expenditure by disease group, 353,<br />

354, 356, 357, 362<br />

housing and accommodation, 335–6,<br />

337–8, 339–41<br />

legal services expenditure, 601<br />

net lending, 692, 732<br />

net saving, 730–1<br />

not-for-profit organisations, 611<br />

official development assistance (ODA),<br />

152, 155, 167–77<br />

pension (superannuation) liabilities, 673<br />

public order and safety, 412, 414<br />

research and development, 660, 663<br />

sports and physical recreation, 454–6<br />

United Nations contribution, 164<br />

welfare, 287–8, 290, 292, 296–7, 303–4,<br />

341<br />

see also local government finance; state<br />

and territory government finance;<br />

taxation<br />

government pensions and allowances<br />

(income support, social security), 134<br />

bilateral agreements, 157<br />

carers, 298<br />

household living costs, 701–3, 706–8<br />

households receiving as principal source<br />

of income, 277, 278–9, 284, 336<br />

income management, 305<br />

Medicare benefits, 368<br />

people with disability, 295, 296<br />

pharmaceutical benefits, 369<br />

Remote Area Allowance, 306<br />

Rent Assistance, 323, 334–5<br />

veterans, 292–3<br />

working age payments, 294–6, 299<br />

790 Year Book <strong>Australia</strong> <strong>2009</strong>–<strong>10</strong>

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