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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-May-2026 12:17:57 JST Information Is Beautiful

Participatory tax return from Australia shows exactly where one's tax money goes...
(from Reddit user: u/heapsgoods)
In conversation about 2 months ago from vis.social permalink
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1. This graphic shows Australian government spending breakdown based on where personal tax was allocated during 2018-19 budget estimates, displaying gross debt levels of $533 billion this year compared to $501 billion last year with $16.3 billion in interest payments on gross debt this year, followed by a horizontal bar chart showing spending categories with welfare receiving the largest allocation at $846 billion including aged care at $346 billion, disability at $200 billion, families at $196 billion, unemployed at $60 billion and other welfare at $44 billion, while health received $420 billion, defence $203 billion, education $183 billion, general public services $105 billion, interest on government debt $92 billion, transport and communication $50 billion, fuel and energy $41 billion, industry assistance $32 billion, foreign affairs and economic aid $30 billion, housing and community $29 billion, public order and safety $28 billion, immigration $21 billion, recreation and culture $21 billion, and other purposes $89 billion, with the total tax assessed shown as $2190 at the bottom right, along with a note that figures include transfers to state and local governments except for GST and other economic affairs, with estimates and categories based on information from the Department of Treasury, and a reference to visit www.ato.gov.au/taxreceipt for more information.
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