State and federal government electricity rebates and the expansion of the Child Care Subsidy Scheme meant households could cut back on essential categories, down 0.5 per cent in the quarter. Spending on electricity and gas fell 16.9 per cent, assisted by a warmer than usual winter. Consumers also...
In both scenarios, the agricultural sector receives the highest payment from the Australian Federal Government under the subsidy programme, followed by the electricity generation sector. Under the scheme, Australia experiences only a mild contraction in the economy, with a reduction of real GDP by ...
< p > small businesses wishing to apply for this government subsidy must meet the following requirements: produce or design qualified TCF products for Australia, with fewer than 20 employees, annual turnover of not less than 100 thousand Australian dollars, and at least 25% of the cash used f...
The levelised cost of hydrogen (LCOH) dispensed by refuelling stations in Australia could range from A$6.78-15.60/kg ($3.84-10/kg), according to theHydrogen Vehicle Refuelling Infrastructurereport published today (Monday) by Australian government scientific research agency CSIRO. This is primarily dr...
In Australia, recent policies like the Paid Parental Leave scheme, Child Care Subsidy, New South Wales Government’s Return-to-Work Program and Jobs Victoria Employment Network help women return to work (Baird and Williams 2022). However, Australia’s Productivity Commission suggests that more ...
In the case of scenario BAP, a subsidy of π j could be given to each sector. As the scope of the subsidy is much wider (all producers instead of all exporters) in this scenario, this policy would cause much larger government spending. For comparison purposes, the shocks of the ...
Summary The September quarter National Accounts data won’t convince the Reserve Bank that its job is done – but with annual GDP growth at 2.1 per cent, it’s clear their attempts to steer the economy into the slow lane are working. ...
This has resulted in high electricity bills in locations where customer density is low, or it resulted in the need of high subsidy from state government (Hayat et al. 2016).doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69844-1_16Muhammad Adnan HayatFarhad Shahnia...
Renewable energy projects received capital subsidy in Australia [80]. It has been proposed that 10% of the capital cost (around AUD 19.5 M) of the ethanol project would be funded by the government grant [149]; Removal of excise rate on ethanol [80] and GST on E55, which would reduce ...
A study was carried out using a mathematical modeling approach in Winnipeg, Canada, to determine the usefulness of a subsidy scheme in which drivers on some (con- gested) roads will be charged but also rewarded with a bonus amount (subsidy) for using alternate (less congested) roads at the...