Justice, Opportunity and Shared Wealth for all South Australians
Fact Sheet summarising the South Australian data from the ABS survey Household Use of Internet Technology, 2016-17 showing 15% of South Australians don't use the internet, and 17.5% of SA households don't access the internet at home. These, and all other indicators in the data, show South Australia lagging behind national figures.
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From the SACOSS Cost of Living Update No. 33, December Qtr 2017, six Fact Sheets dealing with telecommunications affordability in regional South Australia, and in particular in 5 key regional seats in the 2018 State Election.
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This Fact Sheet summarises the recent ABS Household Expenditure Survey data on telecommunications expenditure. The Fact Sheet is co-produced with the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network.
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10 examples of poverty premiums in South Australia and Australia in 2017.
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With digital technologies changing our economy and society, but also leaving some people behind, this Fact Sheet provides a summary of the South Australian outcomes in the most recent Australian Digital Inclusion Index, with a particular focus showing the gap between Adelaide and areas in regional South Australia.
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In the first half of 2017 SACOSS released three reports based on a survey of 1,000 South Australians about their attitudes on a range of issues relating to state taxes, government expenditure and tax reform. This Fact Sheet compares some of the headline data from those reports with what was delivered in the 2017-18 SA State Budget.
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A summary of data from Reality Check: Public Perceptions of South Australian Government Expenditure and Waste showing where the government spends its money, and the contradictions in the SACOSS survey results about public perceptions.
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A brief introduction to the proposal to replace stamp duty on real estate sales with an annual land tax, the safeguards required for low income households, and the popular and political barriers to the proposal.
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In July 2016 Centrelink commenced piloting the automated debt recovery program. This program matches Centrelink and Australian Taxation Office data and detects discrepancies in the information held by both agencies.
The measure was expected to recover $1.3 billion over three years. The government has used data matching since the 1990s but Centrelink staff were involved in the decision making. Approximately 20,000 discrepancy notices were sent each year.
In the 2016-17 Budget, the SA State Government announced the introduction of a wagering tax of 15% on the net revenue made by bookies’ from bets made in SA, effective from 1 July 2017. SACOSS supports the proposed wagering tax because it is fair and will ensure that revenue from South Australian betting is taxed in South Australia, and the money raised can be directed to services for South Australians.
