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Fact Sheet: Gambling Tax Winners and Losers

14 June 2016

SACOSS has produced fact sheets on gambling taxes using information from the SACOSS Report Losing the Jackpot: South Australia’s Gambling Taxes. Last year gambling taxes in SA raised $388m - which constituted 9% of state revenue and helped fund vital services like hospitals, schools, roads and police.

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Fact Sheet: Declining Gambling Tax Revenue

14 June 2016

SACOSS has produced fact sheets on gambling taxes using information from the SACOSS Report Losing the Jackpot: South Australia’s Gambling Taxes. The past decade has seen a big drop in gambling tax revenue. This has created a $111m p.a. hole in the SA state budget.

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Fact Sheet: Sports Betting and Online Gambling

14 June 2016

SACOSS has produced fact sheets on gambling taxes using information from the SACOSS Report Losing the Jackpot: South Australia’s Gambling Taxes. It is illegal to provide online gaming (pokies and casino-type games) in Australia, but online lotteries and betting on races, sports and events are legal.

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Fact Sheet: Charities Reporting and Fundraising Red Tape Reduction

26 May 2016

A quick summary of the South Australian Statutes Amendment (Commonwealth Registered Entities) Bill which was passed by parliament on 24 May 2016. The new law reduces red tape for charities by removing reporting requirements for charities registered with the ACNC to report separately to the state government or to hold an SA fundraising licence.

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Fact Sheet: GST Changes and South Australia

22 July 2015

A quick analysis of the figures which show why proposed GST changes may be a bad deal for South Australian households, and for low income households in particular.

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The South Australian Gas Market Consumer Factsheet 2014

14 October 2014

An overview of the gas market, supply chain, prices and implications for South Australian consumers

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Fact Sheet: Food Costs 2014

13 October 2014

Petrol Prices and the Impact on Different Household Budgets

14 August 2014

With recent Federal Budget debate in the media focusing on petrol prices and the impact of petrol excise duties, SACOSS went back to the definitive ABS data in the Household Expenditure Survey to identify who would be most impacted by petrol price rises.

Download the SACOSS Fact Sheet: Petrol Prices and impacts on different household budgets

Fact Sheet: Energy Efficient Housing

16 December 2013

Fact Sheet: Door Knocking

28 October 2013