The budget summed up in five minutes
Check out our five-minute guide as we break down what is included, and who will benefit from the latest federal budget measures.
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Sweeteners missing from ‘healthy’ budget
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered us a real sugar-free budget – one that is probably good for you, but not worth getting too excited about, writes Matthew Killoran.
Editor’s view: Why this budget shirks the hard work on reform
The treasurer has delivered a wishlist budget – heavy on feel-good Labor dreams and eschewing serious structural reform. Yet he shirks desperately needed reform in almost his next breath.
Massive tax break ripped from tradies
Tradies could be counted among the biggest losers this budget after a super-sized tax break was axed.
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Tourism one of Budget’s big losers
AUSTRALIA’s $100 billion tourism industry was hit hard in Scott Morrison’s Budget on the back of funding cuts and a rise in visiting costs.
Blow to state’s biggest project
QUEENSLAND received hundreds of millions in infrastructure funding in the Federal Budget, but the item at the top of the state’s wish list has been sadly neglected. What Queensland gets
ASIO admits it can’t ‘guarantee safety’
CONFLICT in Syria and Iraq has created a ‘generation of extremists’ that will be a security threat to the nation for the next decade and beyond, ASIO warns.
NDIS guaranteed under Medicare levy hike
A HIKE in the Medicare levy to guarantee the future of the NDIS for people with a disability will cost the average earner $400 a year.
Doctor visits about to get cheaper
THE cost of seeing a doctor could fall for the first time in four years and the price of some medicines are set to drop, spelling good news for sick Aussies.
Diplomat pay packets slashed
AUSTRALIAN diplomats posted overseas will see their allowances slashed in a government bid to save $37 million.
Treasurer’s unlikely inspiration: Tina Arena
ANALYSIS: Quizzed on his Budget while walking through the lock up, Treasurer Scott Morrison made a left-field musical recommendation — a song by Tina Arena that he said encapsulates his master plan.
$15m plan to boost vaccinations
FAMILIES who fail to immunise their children and who do not get their four-year-olds health checked will lose cash from their Family Tax Benefit payments.
Battlelines drawn in the Senate
THE Senate should approve an increase to the Medicare levy but the government will find it harder to secure backing for a crackdown on lazy dole recipients and drug testing of Centrelink recipients.
Budget to scrap Medicare freeze
SCOTT Morrison is expected to lift the four-year Medicare freeze and commit to a surplus by 2021 as more details emerge before tonight’s Federal Budget.
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