Your five-minute guide to the 2019 SA State Budget

South Australia’s State Budget is big. And complicated. We’ve boiled it down to the key dot points you need to know.

• Main Budget wrap
• Daniel Wills analysis
• What it means for your suburb

South Australia’s State Budget is big. And complicated. We’ve boiled it down to the key dot points you need to know.

Main points

■ $101m surplus in 2018/19 and projected $94m surplus in 2019/20

■ Debt of $13.5bn in 2018/19, rising to $16.71bn in 2019/20 and $18.15bn in 2020/21

■ Employment growth was 2.2 per cent in 2017/18 and is forecast to fall to 1.25 per cent in 2018/19 and 1 per cent thereafter across the forward estimates

■ Economic growth remaining flat at 2 per cent in 2018/19 and rising to 2.25 per cent by 2022/23

Taxes

■ $16.9m land tax savings over three years by progressively reducing top tax rate on properties over $5m

■ Closing loopholes that have allowed property owners to use complex trusts to avoid paying land tax on multiple properties

■ Solid waste levy increase to $110 per tonne from July and to $140 from January 2020, raising $24.8m

■ $10.8m revenue increase via crackdown on those dodging paying payroll tax

Cost of living

■ A once-off 5 per cent increase to most fees and charges

■ Public transport fee increases limited to 2 per cent

■ $90m per year in ESL savings

■ $146m annual land tax relief

■ CTP premium on average car to be cut by up to $114 a year.

Infrastructure

■ $11.9bn spend over forward estimates

■ $1.1bn eight-year regional road spend, including $250m to upgrade Princes Highway

■ $252m for final 10.5km stretch of North-South Corridor

■ $231m Torrens Rd, Ovingham level crossing

■ $150m towards Aboriginal and Cultures Art Gallery at Lot Fourteen

Health

■ $550m for new Women’s and Children’s Hospital located next to the RAH, final build cost to be determined in 2019/20.

■ $69.1m over four years to reactivate the Repat, including $30m from the Federal Government.

■ $5m on a statewide eating disorder service at the Repat site

■ $95 million overspend by SA Health in 2018-19.

Education

■ $26.8m in additional TAFE SA funding

■ $185.3 million for capital upgrades of schools across the state to facilitate the transition of Year 7 into high school by 2022.

■ $17.2 million to redevelop the Berri Senior Campus of Glossop High School and consolidate the school’s two campuses.

■ 1375 more teachers and support staff by 2023 to deal with an anticipated rise in enrolments.

Housing

■ $42.5m two-year maintenance and rebuild spend of Housing Trust properties, including 90 new homes.

■ Interest-free deposit bridging loan of up to $10,000 for low-income earners, available through HomeStart from September 1 for two years

■ Measures are expected to provide 120 houses for those struggling to get on property ladder

Law and order

■ $43.5m to purchase the Sir Samuel Way court building saving more than $6m a year

■ $2.1m for CT scanner for Forensic SA

■ Extra $1m to the DPP to prosecute complex criminal cases

■ $1.2m annual funding cut from 2020/21 to the Victims Support Service

■ $591,000 for electronic in-court document management system.

Police and emergency services

■ $9.5m over four years to counter-terrorism police squad

■ $4.3m over four years for new personal protective equipment for MFS firefighters

■ Estimated $1m in annual revenue via user pays system for police attendance at major events

Welfare

■ $26.9m over three years to child protection

■ $5.5m to co-ordinate the State’s response to the Commonwealth Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

■ Extra $383,000 to continue the domestic violence disclosure scheme

■ $6.7m to support full transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Environment

■ $52.4m four-year investment to tackle coastal erosion

■ $11.8m for national parks, including $6m for the Heysen Trail

■ $12m over four years to help councils and waste management industry modernise, funded through increase in solid waste levy.

Agriculture/Regions

■ $25m shared federal, state and industry funded upgrade of SA’s dog fence

■ $7.5m for a red-meat and wool industry growth program

■ $14m to support construction of new Thomas Foods abattoir

■ $5m to protect horticulture industry against biosecurity threats and fight fruit-fly outbreaks

Tourism

■ $43m into SA tourism marketing

■ An extra $10m a year from 2020/21 to market SA as a premier tourist destination