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Righting Australia's vertical fiscal imbalance : transferring public hospital funding as an option for reform
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Eccleston, RG 2008
, 'Righting Australia's vertical fiscal imbalance : transferring public hospital funding as an option for reform'
, Agenda, vol. 15, no. 3
, pp. 39-52
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Abstract
Vertical Fiscal Imbalance (VFI) is the root cause of intergovernmental conflict in
the Australian federation, and un-remedied will limit the dividends of any revitalised
Council of Australian Governments. The paper argues the while the GST has been
an effective growth tax, it has exacerbated Australia’s VFI and is unlikely to yield
sufficient revenues to meet the expenditure pressures confronting the States. The
paper suggests that transferring the funding of public hospitals to the Commonwealth
will enhance the sustainability of State public finances and reduce the VFI.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Authors/Creators: | Eccleston, RG |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Agenda |
| ISSN: | 1322−1833 |
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