Impact of abolishing the LISC

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David Whiteley, Matthew Linden and Robbie Campo

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13/11/2013
The LISC rebates up to $500 into the super accounts
of working Australians earning less than $37,000
whose marginal rate of tax is 15% or less. It benefits
3.6 million Australians and over two million women.
 Scrapping the
Low Income Super Contribution
will leave
1 in 3 Australian workers worse off
The abolition of the LISC will disproportionately
affect regional and rural Australians
• 24 of the 25 worst affected electorates are
regional/rural
• In regional areas almost 40% of employees are
affected, compared to just over 30% in metro areas
• Regional and rural areas will lose almost $0.5bn
annually in low income super contributions
4 of the 5 worst affected electorates in Australia
are represented by the Nationals
• On average in Nationals held electorates 44% of
employees are affected compared to 34% in Liberal
and Labor held electorates
• In the worst affected electorates almost one in two
employees are affected compared to less than one in
five employees in the least affected metropolitan
electorates
Removal of the
LISC will have a
heavy impact on
women,
especially in
regional areas.

45% of female
employees will be
affected nationally, and
in Nationals held
electorates that figure
rises to 54.2%
 % of total % of female Est. annual cost
Electorate Party Area Number, persons employees employees $m
Cowper NAT Regional 22,968 48 56.3 6

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Richmond
Lyne
NAT
ALP
NAT
Regional
Regional
Regional
23,948
22,934
20,929
48
47
46
56.1
55.8
54.7
7
6
6
New England NAT Regional 26,009 44 53.5 7
Gilmore LIB Regional 21,570 42 55.1 6
Farrer LIB Regional 24,096 42 53.9 7
Fowler ALP Metro 23,984 42 51.6 7
Riverina NAT Regional 26,877 42 53.0 7
Watson ALP Metro 26,044 41 46.4 7
Parkes NAT Regional 24,657 41 50.9 7
Paterson LIB Regional 20,859 41 55.0 6
Dobell LIB Outer Urban 24,228 40 52.5 7
Blaxland ALP Metro 22,949 40 47.4 6
Throsby ALP Outer Urban 22,778 40 55.1 6
Shortland ALP Outer Urban 22,356 39 52.2 6
Hume LIB Regional 23,122 39 49.3 6
Calare NAT Regional 24,697 38 50.4 7
Robertson LIB Outer Urban 22,360 38 49.3 6
Charlton ALP Outer Urban 23,702 38 51.5 6
Eden-Monaro LIB Regional 22,446 37 45.5 6
McMahon ALP Metro 23,963 37 46.4 7
Hunter ALP Regional 24,304 37 56.2 7
Chifley ALP Metro 27,559 36 45.2 8
Newcastle ALP Outer Urban 23,860 35 46.1 6
Cunningham ALP Outer Urban 24,389 35 46.9 6
Macquarie LIB Outer Urban 23,092 35 45.5 6
Werriwa ALP Metro 24,056 35 44.4 7
Banks LIB Metro 23,832 34 41.2 7
Persons impacted 1,096,277 Macarthur LIB Outer Urban 23,972 34 45.1 7
Lindsay LIB Metro 25,859 33 44.4 7
Barton LIB Metro 22,451 33 38.9 6
Parramatta ALP Metro 25,633 33 39.2 7
Percentage of total 34.4% Mackellar
Hughes
LIB
LIB
Metro
Metro
20,851
23,649
32
31
40.4
42.0
5
6
employees affected Berowra LIB Outer Urban 20,669 31 40.5 5
Reid LIB Metro 24,297 31 34.7 7
Percentage of total 43.4% Greenway
Cook
ALP
LIB
Metro
Metro
24,542
21,322
30
30
39.0
39.0
7
6
female employees Bennelong
Mitchell
LIB
LIB
Metro
Metro
21,553
20,546
29
29
35.5
38.0
6
5
affected Kingsford Smith ALP Metro 22,242 28 32.9 6
Bradfield LIB Metro 17,703 27 35.5 4

Estimated total value of $297m Grayndler

Sydney
ALP
ALP
Metro
Metro
21,847
23,190
26
23
29.2
26.8
6
6

LISC lost annually Warringah

North Sydney
LIB
LIB
Metro
Metro
16,865
15,536
22
20
28.6
24.4
4
4
Wentworth LIB Metro 14,981 19 22.8 4

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 % of total

Victoria Electorate
Mallee
Party
NAT
Area
Regional
Number,
persons
23,944
% of total
employees
47
Female Est. Annual,
employees million $A
57.1 7
Wannon LIB Regional 24,710 46 57.9 7
Murray LIB Regional 23,734 45 56.1 7
Bendigo ALP Regional 27,557 44 54.3 7
Indi IND Regional 24,816 43 55.0 7
Gippsland NAT Regional 24,885 43 57.3 7

Flinders LIB Outer Urban 24,408 42 55.3 7

Mcmillan LIB Regional 24,883 42 56.2 7

Ballarat ALP Outer Urban 27,453 42 53.0 7

Corio ALP Outer Urban 25,316 41 54.1 7

Scullin ALP Metro 25,405 40 51.3 7

Corangamite LIB Outer Urban 25,988 40 52.5 7

Bruce ALP Metro 24,064 39 47.6 7

Calwell ALP Outer Urban 29,200 39 50.3 8

Casey LIB Outer Urban 26,627 39 51.3 7

Holt ALP Metro 36,392 38 50.6 10
Dunkley LIB Metro 24,695 38 49.5 7
Hotham ALP Metro 24,035 37 44.7 6
Gorton ALP Metro 33,414 37 47.8 9
Mcewen ALP Regional 32,602 37 50.2 9
Persons impacted 935,784
Maribyrnong ALP Metro 21,936 36 43.6 6
Aston LIB Metro 25,717 36 48.3 7

Percentage of total 36.4% La Trobe

Chisholm
LIB
ALP
Outer Urban
Metro
26,998
23,673
36
36
48.4
42.4
7
6
employees affected Isaacs ALP Metro 27,715 36 45.7 8
Menzies LIB Metro 19,706 35 44.4 5
Batman ALP Metro 23,236 34 40.6 6
Percentage of total 46.1%
Lalor ALP Outer Urban 37,958 34 46.0 11
female employees Wills ALP Metro 25,653 34 39.6 7
affected Deakin
Jagajaga
LIB
ALP
Metro
Metro
21,771
22,087
34
33
42.7
42.1
6
6
Gellibrand ALP Metro 24,025 32 38.5 7
Estimated total value of $249m Goldstein LIB Metro 18,806 31 38.8 5
LISC lost annually Kooyong
Melbourne
LIB
GRN
Metro
Metro
18,543
26,857
30
26
35.1
30.2
4
7
Higgins LIB Metro 18,062 26 30.8 5

Melbourne Ports ALP Metro 18,913 22 25.6 5

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 % of total
Number, % of total Female Est. Annual,
Queensland Electorate Party Area persons employees employees million $A

Wide Bay LNP Outer Urban 22,464 46 57.0 6

Hinkler LNP Outer Urban 21,308 44 54.7 6

Fisher LNP Outer Urban 21,808 42 53.8 7

Maranoa LNP Regional 25,488 42 55.7 6

Fairfax PUP Outer Urban 23,629 42 53.0 7

Moncrieff LNP Outer Urban 27,582 42 50.2 7

Mcpherson LNP Outer Urban 25,989 41 50.9 7

Wright LNP Outer Urban 23,931 40 53.5 7

Longman LNP Outer Urban 24,616 39 52.4 6

Groom LNP Outer Urban 25,753 39 50.5 6

Fadden LNP Outer Urban 25,476 38 49.5 6

Leichhardt LNP Regional 29,605 38 46.0 7
Kennedy KAP Regional 25,206 38 51.8 6

Persons impacted 744,286 Forde

Rankin
LNP
ALP
Outer Urban
Metro
25,767
29,979
37
36
48.8
46.3
7
7
Bowman LNP Metro 24,788 36 47.7 6

Percentage of total 35.7% Blair ALP Outer Urban 22,651 35 48.2 7

Petrie LNP Metro 23,630 35 45.2 8
employees affected Moreton ALP Metro 25,445 34 41.5 7
Dawson LNP Regional 26,640 34 50.5 7
Percentage of total 46.6% Herbert LNP Regional 26,881 33 44.8 7

female employees Dickson LNP Outer Urban 24,792 33 44.1 7

affected Oxley ALP Metro 23,604 33 43.7 8
Flynn LNP Regional 23,281 32 52.3 7
Estimated total value of $203m Capricornia LNP Regional 24,099 32 48.6 7
Bonner LNP Metro 23,389 31 40.5 7
LISC lost annually Ryan LNP Metro 25,141 31 39.4 9
Lilley ALP Metro 24,835 31 38.4 6
Griffith ALP Metro 23,492 28 33.1 6
Brisbane LNP Metro 23,015 26 31.3 6

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 % of total
South Australia Electorate Party Area
Number, % of total Female Est. Annual,
persons employees employees million $A

Barker LIB Regional 29,192 46 58.5 7

Wakefield ALP Outer Urban 28,356 41 55.0 8

Kingston ALP Metro 30,386 40 52.8 6

Grey LIB Regional 24,192 40 55.1 6

Mayo LIB Outer Urban 25,500 40 51.1 7

Port Adelaide ALP Metro 29,815 39 48.5 8

Persons impacted 291,800

Makin ALP Metro 26,220 38 49.7 7

Percentage of total 38.5%

Sturt LIB Metro 24,146 36 44.5 7
employees affected
Percentage of total 49% Hindmarsh LIB Metro 25,285 36 44.7 8

female employees
affected Boothby LIB Metro 23,444 35 43.3 6

Estimated total value of $79m

Adelaide ALP Metro 25,263 34 39.6 8
LISC lost annually

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Western Australia Number, % of total
% of total
Female
Est.
Annual,
Electorate Party Area persons employees employees million $A

Forrest LIB Regional 23,964 37 55.2 6

O'Connor LIB Regional 23,213 35 51.5 6

Outer
Canning LIB Urban 23,272 34 50.8 7

Cowan LIB Metro 25,598 34 47.3 4

Hasluck LIB Metro 25,400 33 46.7 6

Pearce LIB Regional 23,656 33 47.4 6

Moore LIB Metro 25,961 33 45.8 6

Outer
Brand ALP Urban 24,318 32 49.3 7

Tangney LIB Metro 23,792 32 42.9 6

Persons impacted 353,613
Swan LIB Metro 26,078 31 39.3 6

Percentage of total 31.4% Stirling LIB Metro 21,813 30 39.3 6

employees affected
Fremantle ALP Metro 23,197 30 42.2 6
Percentage of total 44.3%
Perth ALP Metro 23,566 29 37.9 6
female employees
affected Curtin LIB Metro 19,015 28 34.9 7

Estimated total value of $93m Durack LIB Regional 20,770 23 37.6 6

LISC lost annually

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 Tasmania Number, % of total
% of total
Female Est. Annual,
Electorate Party Area persons employees employees million $A

Lyons LIB Regional 18,232 46 58.6 5

Braddon LIB Regional 18,535 43 57.9 5

Bass LIB Regional 19,925 43 53.9 5

Franklin ALP Regional 17,412 38 47.7 5

Denison IND Metro 18,323 37 44.1 5

Persons impacted 92,426

Percentage of total 41.3%

employees affected
Percentage of total 52%
female employees
affected
Estimated total value of $25m
LISC lost annually

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 Northern Territory and ACT

Persons impacted 79,952 % of total

% of total Female Est. Annual,
Electorate Party Area Number, persons employees employees million $A
Percentage of total 24.5%
employees affected Lingiari, NT ALP Regional 15,929 33 38.4 4

Percentage of total 29.6%

Solomon, NT CLP Metro 12,833 22 28.1 4
female employees
affected
Canberra, ACT ALP Metro 23,356 23 27.5 6

Estimated total value of $21m

LISC lost annually Fraser, ACT ALP Metro 27,833 24 28.7 7

NT

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