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Australia Yearbook - 2001

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7 Income and welfare<br />

Introduction 251<br />

Household income and expenditure 251<br />

Household income 251<br />

Income distribution 252<br />

Changes in income, 1994–95 to 1997–98 252<br />

Household expenditure 254<br />

Levels of expenditure 254<br />

Income support programs of the Department of Family and<br />

Community Services (FaCS) 254<br />

Payments for the retired 255<br />

Payments for people with a disability and the sick 257<br />

Disability Support Pension (DSP) 257<br />

Mobility Allowance 258<br />

Carer Payment 258<br />

Sickness Allowance 258<br />

Carer Allowance 259<br />

Payments for the unemployed 259<br />

Newstart Allowance (NSA) 259<br />

Youth Allowance (YA) 260<br />

Austudy 261<br />

Mature Age Allowance (MAA) 261<br />

Partner Allowance (PA) 261<br />

Widow Allowance (WA) 261<br />

Payments for families with children 262<br />

Family Allowance 262<br />

Parenting Payment 262<br />

Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Program 264<br />

Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) 264<br />

Child Support Scheme 264<br />

Family Tax Payment 264<br />

Maternity Allowance and Maternity Immunisation Allowance 264<br />

Other payments 264<br />

Special Benefit 264<br />

Ancillary payments 265<br />

Concessions 265<br />

International agreements and payment of pensions abroad 265<br />

Centrelink 266

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