$648m mental health boost, NDIS costs set to explode
Suicide prevention services and mental health support for kids form a key part of the federal budget. Meanwhile, the cost of the NDIS is set to balloon despite spending being slashed.
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$1bn boost for mobile black spots, broadband services
Mobile phone black spots and sluggish broadband speeds are targets in billion-dollar spending package — but experts are calling for an even bigger upgrade.
How Budget affects SA: More money in your pocket
Petrol prices will be cut and money pumped into the pockets of low-and-middle income South Aussie earners in a big-spending election-eve Federal Budget. See the six key takeaways.
$170m to fight ANOM bikies, mafia and drug lords
After the success of the global AN0M sting, the AFP is being beefed up with new crime fighting teams that will take on the criminal underworld.
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Budget trying to help you buy a house
FIRST home buyers will be able to save for a home deposit faster by salary sacrificing into their super fund from July 1.
ScoMo’s 2017 Budget: It’s HIP to be FAIR
SCOTT Morrison has sent a direct message of optimism to unhappy Aussies, rejecting the belt-tightening Abbott years to deliver a “fairness” Budget that whacks banks and bludgers, increases taxes to pay for healthcare and kickstarts major projects. FULL ANALYSIS from Sharri Markson.
Budget 2017: Your five-minute guide
THE government billed this Budget as based on fairness, security and opportunity. Try the Budget Calculator to find out what it means for you.
The $8.4bn project we’ve waited 100 years for
THE 2017 budget has delivered an $8.4 billion shot in the arm for one of the state’s most anticipated projects, and 16,000 jobs will come with it.
Budget a dangerous disgrace
IT’S not the budget that should follow an election win. It’s not a budget from a Liberal treasurer. It’s not a budget for our volatile, unpredictable, times writes Terry McCrann.
Leigh Sales’ awkward first question
LEIGH Sales wasted no time turning the blowtorch on the Treasurer in his post-Budget interview last night. She asked the question on everyone’s lips.
Sydney’s west is ready for take-off
SCOTT Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull are promising an airport the size of Adelaide’s at Badgerys Creek — and the potential for billions in funding for a Western Sydney airport rail link.
ScoMo takes swig from Shorten’s brew
FEDERAL BUDGET GUIDE: SCOTT Morrison has delivered a high-taxing, big-spending Budget designed to neutralise Bill Shorten’s political attacks, save the government’s bacon and lay to rest the ghosts of the Abbott government.
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