• Table of contents
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• Preface
• Summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Context and challenges
• 3. Adequacy
• 4. Indexation
• 5. Payment design and administration
• 6. Concessions and services
• 7. Sustainability and targeting
• Appendix A: Number of pensioners
• Appendix B: Pension payments as at 1 January 2009
• Appendix C: Supplementary entitlements available in the income support system, January 2009
• Appendix D: One-off lump-sum payments provided since 2004–05
• Appendix E: Superannuation modelling
• Appendix F: Data sources and notes
• References
• Tables and Charts

Budget 2009-10 - Pension Review Report

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Tables and charts

Tables

• Table 1 Illustrative Age Pension rates, 1 January 2009
• Table 2 Real value of Age Pension
• Table 3 Relativities of components of the pension system
• Table 4 Rent Assistance, 1 January 2009
• Table 5 Income test: main parameters, 1 January 2009
• Table 6 Assets test: main parameters, 1 January 2009
• Table 7 Assessment of income

Charts

• Chart 1 Retirement incomes—contribution of the Superannuation Guarantee and Age Pension (modelled results under full superannuation guarantee)
• Chart 2 Age dependency ratios 1950–2050
• Chart 3 Components of means testing and impact of a change in the base rate
• Chart 4 Value of pension relative to earnings, 1984-2009
• Chart 5 Value of Age Pension relative to budget standard, December 2008
• Chart 6 Value of Age Pension relative to Henderson Poverty Line and 50 per cent median poverty line, June 2008
• Chart 7 Pensioners, self assessed prosperity by extent of reliance on pension, 2006
• Chart 8 Pensioners, incidence of adverse outcomes by reliance on transfers, 2006
• Chart 9 Lower income pensioners, self assessed prosperity by type of pension, 2006
• Chart 10 Pensioners, incidence of adverse outcomes by pension type and extent of reliance on the pension, 2006
• Chart 11 Age and disability support pensioners, incidence of adverse outcomes by living arrangements, 2006
• Chart 12 Couple-only and single person pensioners, incidence of adverse outcomes by tenure, 2006
• Chart 13 Estimates of the income needs of older single person households relative to older couple-only households
• Chart 14 Payment to single pensioner relative to combined couple, selected OECD countries, early to mid 2000s
• Chart 15 Relative weighting of expenditure items in the age pensioner ALCI and the CPI
• Chart 16 Comparison of age pensioner ALCI and CPI from 1980 to 2008
• Chart 17 Percentage point difference in estimated six-monthly cost increases as measured by age pensioner ALCI and CPI, 1981—2008
• Chart 18 Real value of Age Pension, 1970–2009
• Chart 19 Comparative trends in earnings,1997—2008
• Chart 20 Model of relationship between earnings, value of pension and population structure
• Chart 21 Relative growth in net median full-time earnings and MTAWE, 2002–2008
• Chart 22 Income support payment components and structure
• Chart 23 High dependency pensioner couple-only households, health services spending 2003–04
• Chart 24 Effective marginal tax rates—single age pensioner, January 2009
• Chart 25 Private income and disposable income—single age pensioner, January 2009
• Chart 26 Average effective tax rates from first dollar of income, age pensioners
• Chart 27 Distribution of age pensioners by private income, December 2008
• Chart 28 Assets test settings, home owner couples, 1985–2009
• Chart 29 Couples, illustrative impact of the income and assets tests
• Chart 30 Payment pattern of the Age Pension to a person with superannuation income
• Chart 31 Life expectancy at age 65

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