In 1910, the Commonwealth Government introduced a land tax to provide for more defence spending and to prepare for the increase in migration. The land tax was chosen to encourage large-scale land owners to subdivide their land and sell it to small-scale settlers.
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Fact 8
Youth Allowance
An Australian Government payment to a young person who is undertaking study, training or an apprenticeship, is sick or is looking for work.
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