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Fightback! was an economic policy package, 650 pages long, proposed by then Liberal Party of Australia leader John Hewson. It represented the start of a new "dry", economic liberal future policy direction, very different to the keynesianism practiced by previous Liberal/National Coalition governments. ==Key elements== The key elements of Fightback! were: * Radical changes to industrial relations, including the abolition of awards and the elimination of automatic entitlements to unemployment benefits after nine months;〔http://www.henrythornton.com/article.asp?article_id=3506〕 * Radical changes to Medicare, including the "abolition of bulk billing except for veterans, war widows, pensioners, health card holders and the disabled" and the "provision of gap insurance for medical bills".〔http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/16/1052885399735.html〕 * The introduction of a goods and services tax (GST) at a 15% rate; * A $13 billion personal income tax cut, directed largely at the middle and upper-middle income earners; * A $10 billion cut in government expenditure partially offset by increasing other areas, including $3.6 billion in selected government programs on social welfare; * The abolition of State payroll taxes and substantial cuts in petrol excise duty and proposed schemes for savings; * The sale of a number of government-owned businesses.〔http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/Publications_Archive/Background_Papers/bp9798/98bp01〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fightback! (policy)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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