In keeping with Labor’s social commitments, Whitlam’s time in office witnessed significant increases in government spending. In one year, for instance, real government spending increased by 20% followed by 16% the following year.The Whitlam government’s fiscal record is relative by Craig Emerson Dec 5, 2022 During Whitlam’s three years in office, social spending (including education) as a percentage of total Commonwealth budget outlays rose from 36.9% to 50.4.% From 1972-73 to 1975-76, spending on education as a percentage of total Commonwealth budget outlays went up from 4.3% to 8.5%, urban development from 0.5% to 1.9,% housing from 2.3% to 2.6%, social security from 20.6% to 23.2%, and health from 7.7% to 13.5%.The Welfare State as Crisis Manager Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis By Peter Starke, Alexandra Kaasch, F. Van Hooren, Franca Van Hooren, 2013 In 1975, Whitlam justified the big increases in government spending by arguing that when Labor returned to office 1972 they had “the task of redressing many years of neglect by previous Governments in almost every field of national life.”PRIME MINISTER'S QUEENSLAND BROADCAST NO 19 - THE BUDGET - SUNDAY 27 JULY 1975 Source: Licensed from the Commonwealth of Australia under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. The Commonwealth of Australia does not necessarily endorse the content of this publication.
In keeping with Labor’s social commitments, Whitlam’s time in office witnessed significant increases in government spending. In one year, for instance, real government spending increased by 20% followed by 16% the following year.The Whitlam government’s fiscal record is relative by Craig Emerson Dec 5, 2022 During Whitlam’s three years in office, social spending (including education) as a percentage of total Commonwealth budget outlays rose from 36.9% to 50.4.% From 1972-73 to 1975-76, spending on education as a percentage of total Commonwealth budget outlays went up from 4.3% to 8.5%, urban development from 0.5% to 1.9,% housing from 2.3% to 2.6%, social security from 20.6% to 23.2,%, and health from 7.7% to 13.5%.The Welfare State as Crisis Manager Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis By Peter Starke, Alexandra Kaasch F. Van Hooren, Franca Van Hooren, 2013 In 1975, Whitlam justified the big increases in government spending by arguing that when Labor returned to office 1972 they had “the task of redressing many years of neglect by previous Governments in almost every field of national life.”PRIME MINISTER'S QUEENSLAND BROADCAST NO 19 - THE BUDGET - SUNDAY 27 JULY 1975 Source: Licensed from the Commonwealth of Australia under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. The Commonwealth of Australia does not necessarily endorse the content of this publication.