According to the Australian News Network and the Daily Mail, New Year's Day's bell is about to ring. In the coming year, Australians will face a series of new changes: new law regulations, new fees and tax systems, and new welfare measures.
Specifically, from January 1, 2019, which Australia will usher in a new deal?
Increase in public transport costs
Mykika 7 full ticket will increase from A $43 to A $44. (photo by Australian News Network)
From January 1, fares for Victoria City Rail, trams and buses will rise 2.2 percent in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The two-hour full-price ticket will rise from A $4.3 to A $4.4, while the ANA ticket will increase from A $8.6 to A $8.8. The concessionary prices for both tickets will also rise to A $2.2 and A $4.4 respectively.
In addition, Mykika 7-day full-price tickets will increase from A $43 to A $44, discount tickets from A $21.5 to A $22. Mykika full-price tickets rose from 1683.5 to A $1722.5 and discount tickets from 841.75 to A $861.25.
But for residents in remote parts of the state, the cost of a ride in the town remains unchanged, with a ceiling of A $2.4 for a single trip in the same area over the next four years.
At the same time, Victoria students with the state school student public transport card (Public Transport Victoria School Student ID) is no longer required to pay. They are also entitled to a discount price if they hold approved school student certificates.
Public transport costs for Brisbane passengers will also increase on January 7, with TransLink announcing a 1.8 percent increase in adult and concessionary tickets.
The new state has made an annual fare adjustment since July, with (Opal) fees raised by 2.2%, and the average commuter's weekly travel expenses are up 39%.
Toll increase
Tolls for parts of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will be raised. (photo by Australian News Network)
Toll road operator Transurban will raise tolls for parts of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
In Sydney, tolls for vehicles in (Cross City Tunnel), the intercity tunnel, will rise 1 percent to 2 percent from January 1, and westbound's general costs will rise from A $5.72 to A $5.74.
The cost of using the eastern trunk road, (Eastern Distributor), will also rise by 7 percent, from A $7.46 to A $7.53. However, only northbound vehicles have to pay the tolls.
Langu Tunnel (Lane Cove Tunnel) vehicle tolls also increased 1% to A $3.33. Vehicles using military Road E ramp (Military Road E-ramps) will pay A $1.67.
The cost of vehicles using the (the Hills) section of the M2 highway mountain area will rise by 2% / 7%. For example, fees for cars entering Windsor Road's (Windsor Road) ramp will increase from A $2.61 to A $2.64.
However, the tolls for Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney Harbour Bridge) and Harbour Tunnel (Harbour Tunnel) will remain unchanged.
Melbourne's CityLink will also see a 1%-4% increase in tolls. (Airportlink), the M7 airport in Brisbane, also saw a 10 percent increase in vehicle costs, from A $5.46 to A $5.56.
Cancellation of "sanitary cotton stripe tax"
Australian women's sanitary goods prices will be cut from January 1. (photo by Australian News Network)
The price of Australian women's sanitary goods will be cut from January 1, following an agreement in October between Federal Treasury Secretary Fredenberg (Josh Frydenberg) and state and territory finance ministers to abolish the "tampon tax".
These sanitary products include tampons, sanitary towels, etc. They will be exempted from 10% of the goods and services tax (GST). However, the move would cost government A $30 million a year in revenue losses.
"We don't think this tax line is fair and should be abolished," Kelly O x {e16c} 39 Dwyer, minister of women's affairs, told Radio 7 at the time. Millions of Australian women will benefit. "
It is reported that this is the first major category to be exempted from GST since Howard (John Howard) Unionparty government and (Australian Democrats), the Democratic Party of Australia, reached an agreement in 1999 to exempt fresh fruit, vegetables and bread products from GST.
Electricity price reduction
AGL users in Victoria will cut their tariffs by 1.6%. (photo by Australian News Network)
From Jan. 1, AGL users in Victoria will cut their tariffs by 1.6 percent, saving an average of A $23 a year per household and A $60 a year for small businesses.
Residential gas prices will fall 0.9 percent and small businesses 1.2 percent, saving A $11 and A $56, respectively.
Origin Energy also has good news, announcing that next year the state's electricity price will remain unchanged and will continue to offer 26 percent discounts to customers who hold the discount card, (Concession Card). Other home users who pay a standing offer, (Standing Offers), and non-discount programs will also continue to enjoy a 17% discount.
In New York, Canberra, Kunzhou and South Australia, an estimated two hundred and thirty thousand holders of established offers or non-discount card holders will automatically receive a 10 percent discount from January 1, with a per capita savings of A $169.
Prices for Australian energy company (Energy Australia) will remain unchanged in Victoria, New York, South Australia and Canberra, while prices in Queensland will be cut.
However, the company's gas prices will rise 4.2 percent, or more than A $69 a year for each household. But the Australian energy company said users could avoid price increases by moving to the Secure Saver program, which could lock prices for two years in 2018.
New credit card regulation
Starting next year, consumers who can repay more money each month will enjoy higher credit card lines. (photo by Australian News Network)
Starting next year, the new credit card line will depend on the customer's ability to repay within three years.
Under the new rules of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (Australian Securities and Investment Commission, or ASIC), banks and financial service providers will have to consider the ability of consumers to repay the maximum applicable interest rate and the possibility of an increase in the Australian Reserve Bank's cash rate.
In September, the ASIC introduced new rules designed to "strike a moderate balance" to prevent "inappropriate" credit card contracts and to ensure that customers receive loans "reasonably".
Under the new rules, consumers who can pay A $250 a month (19.99 percent per year) of credit card payments will receive A $6720 in credit lines, according to finder.com.au. According to calculations, their debts can be paid off within 36 months or three years.
If the credit card has an annual fee, or if the consumer has other debt, its credit line will be reduced.
Starting January 1, consumers who can repay more money each month will be granted a higher credit card limit.
NAB part of ATM collect withdrawal fee
When NAB customers withdraw from RediATM's self-service teller machine next year, they will have to pay A $2. (photo by Australian News Network)
As of January 1, (National Australia Bank) 's clients will be forced to charge A $2 when they withdraw money from more than 3000 self-service teller machines (ATM).
As a result of the split between NAB and RediATM, the bank's customers will have to pay A $2 when they withdraw from RediATM's self-service teller machine next year. The RediATM system is owned and operated by Cuscal, the payment service provider.
Last year, NAB, Federal Bank (CommBank), Australia and New Zealand Bank (ANZ) and Western Pacific Bank (Westpac) both announced the cancellation of cross-bank withdrawals charges for their customers. Consumers are estimated to pay as much as A $500 million a year. However, the self-service teller machines of RediATM and West Australia Bank (Bankwest), owned by the Federal Bank of Australia, are not in this category.
Today, even NAB customers have to pay to use RediATM's self-service teller machines. And since 2009, these teller machines have been used free of charge by the bank's customers.
However, NAB customers will not be affected by withdrawal via self-service teller machines that are not connected to the RediATM system. A NAB spokesman said earlier that customers could still withdraw cash free of charge from more than 7000 self-service teller machines across the country. She said the bank would exit the RediATM system from January 1, 2019, claiming "a 20 percent drop in ATM usage over the past five years and a rapid shift in the way Australians use cash."
Prohibition of Plastics
Western Australia's penalties for breaching the Prohibition will come into effect on January 1 next year. (photo by Australian News Network)
Western Australia's penalties for breaching the ban are set to take effect on January 1, with retailers facing lawsuits and fines up to A $5000. Plastic bag suppliers and manufacturers are also at risk of being prosecute or penalized if they provide misleading information to retailers.
All hand-held plastic bags with a thickness of 35 microns or less will be banned, including biodegradable and compost bags. The order applies to all retailers and not just to super-retailers.
As early as July 1 this year, Kunzhou and Western Australia have issued a "plastic ban", which is in line with South Australia, the Capital Territory and the Northern Territory and Tower State. But Western Australia gave retailers six months to phase out their plastic bag inventories.
Victoria government also says plastic bags will be banned by the end of 2019. However, the new state refused to follow the other states "forbidden" pace.
At the same time, since July 1, Coles, Woolworths and other major retailers have also launched a nationwide "plastic ban."
"No injection, no play."
Western Australia from January 1 to implement the "no injection, no play" policy. (photo by Australian News Network)
Western Australia's government will further strengthen the requirement for children to be vaccinated, implementing the "no-shot, no-play-(No Jab No Play)" policy from January 1. The state's nursery center, (Childcare Centre), Primary School Preparedness Class (kindergarten) and the School will be asked to collect and report on vaccination for all students. In the event of an outbreak of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, the Director of Health will shut them down.
The Western Australian Department of Health will use the data to track family vaccinations. If necessary, children may be shut out to prevent an outbreak. Officials could be fined A $1000 if schools allow children who should have been banned.
In the second phase of the plan, the state government will introduce legislation aimed at banning unvaccinated children from entering child care centres from 2019 and from attending primary school preparatory classes from 2020.
Similar regulations have been introduced in New, Victoria and Queensland, and South Australia is planning to move ahead in the near future.
Under the no-shot, no-play policy, the federal government has now suspended family benefits for parents of unvaccinated children.
Newborn gift bag
Starting January 1, New York newcomer parents will be able to receive a $300 Neonatal gift kit. (photo by Australian News Network)
In the new state, newcomers who leave the hospital on Jan. 1 will receive a $300 taxpayer-funded newborn gift kit with baby supplies and information to help parents "welcome their newborn babies to the world."
The "joy package" is one of the A $157 million packages announced by government in this fiscal year's budget. The gift bag contains a sleeping bag, cotton gauze towel, facial towel, game and diaper pad, thermometer, first aid kit, baby toothbrush, milk pad, cardboard book, baby wet towel, hand sanitizer and repair cream. It is seen as a "big victory for the new state family".
If your baby is born at home, you can also apply for a newborn gift kit when you register a child's birth with the birth, death and Marriage Registry (NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages). If baby is born in another state or overseas, but you have an address in the new state, you can also apply for a gift bag by e-mail. It will be delivered free of charge to your designated new state address.
Nearly 95,999 new-born babies were born in the new state last year. In the first half of this year, the new state's government expects 87 public and private hospitals to hand out about 50, 000 newborn gift kits.
Youth allowance eligibility adjustment
The eligibility criteria for Youth Allowance will be adjusted. (photo of the Daily Mail)
Starting January 1, Australians under the age of 24 will be the biggest winners, either studying or completing their apprenticeship (Apprenticeship).
The eligibility criteria for the Youth Allowance (Youth Allowance) will be adjusted, meaning that their parents' annual income ceiling will be raised from A $ one hundred and fifty thousand to A $ one hundred and sixty thousand, a maximum of A $541.7 a fortnightly.
The same applies to aboriginal youth who receive (Abstudy) grants. If they live away from home, they can get a maximum of A $550.2.
For recipients of youth allowances and first Nations grants, for every additional child under the age of 22, the maximum income requirement of their parents will be increased by $10,000.
Supervision of the elderly care industry
The new Royal Council of the Old Care Industry will be launched on January 1, 2019. (daily Mail Photo)
The baby boomers in live a retired life homes or "retirement villages" will be the biggest beneficiaries under the supervision of the (Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission), a new independent body, the quality and Safety Council for elderly Care.
Prime Minister Mok Suisse (Scott Morrison) announced the formation of a royal committee last month after the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's "four-Corner (Four Corners)" column revealed unscrupulous Australian elderly caregivers and a number of cases of ill-treatment of elderly people in live a retired life homes. Investigate the industry. Elderly Care minister Wyatt (Ken Wyatt) announced this week that the new committee will be launched January 1, 2019.