Budget 2000-01 'What's New What's Different' 

A. Stronger families and communities strategy

• A1. Stronger Families Fund Initiative
• A2. Early Intervention, Parenting and Family Relationship Support Initiative
• A3. Greater Flexibility and Choice in Child Care Initiative
• A4. Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Initiative
• A5. Potential Leadership in Local Communities Initiative
• A6. National Skills Development Program for Volunteers Initiative
• A7. Local Solutions to Local Problems Initiative
• A8. "Can Do Community" Initiative
• A9. National Communication Campaign

B. Welfare reform

• B1. Mature Age Participation Pilot
• B2. Workless Families Assistance Pilot
• B3. Tailored Assistance for the Very Long-term Unemployed Pilot

C. Increase in youth allowance family assests limits for farms and businesses

D. Introduction of a preparing for work agreement for new claimants of unemployment payments

E. Child support package

• E1. Post-Separation Counselling and Support for Non-Resident Parents
• E2. Lower Formula 'Percentages' for Payers Exercising Contact with Their Children
• E3. A Lower 'Cap' on Payer Income Subject to Child Support Formula Assessment
• E4. Assessment of Income for Child Support Parents Undertaking Overtime/Second Jobs
• E5. An Increase in the Family Tax Benefit Income Test Deduction for Payers with a Subsequent Family

F. Revised means test treatment of private trusts and private companies

G. Compliance package

• G1. Measures to improve control of incorrect payment and fraud - research and development projects
• G2. Measures to improve control of incorrect payment and fraud - detection
• G3. Measures to improve control of incorrect payment and fraud - deterrence - publicity campaign to encourage customer compliance

H. Protection of people affected by the termination of the social security agreement with the United Kingdom

I. Simplification package

J. Removal of Anomaly between Abstudy and the social security income test

K. Removal of direct deduction rules from partners of compensation recipients

L. Unauthorised arrivals in Australia package: reducing the incentives for unauthorised arrivals

M. Extension of retirement assistance for farmers scheme (RAFS)