NSW Budget 2019: Key elements

The key facts and figures behind NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet’s state budget.

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet’s state budget includes $185m in additional drought assistance.

The key facts and figures behind NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet’s 2019 state budget:

Operating surplus of $802m for 2018-19 and $1bn for 2019-20.

Net debt to rise from negative $8.8bn in 2019-20 to $38.64bn by 2022-23.

Active Kids Rebate voucher to be doubled from one to two $100 vouchers a year.

$50 weekly Opal card travel cap — down from $63

Infrastructure spending to rise to $93bn over the next four years.

Eight new schools and upgrades to 32 schools.

Expand toll relief. People who spend $15 a week on tolls to get half priced registration.

Seniors card to be made available to regional seniors providing $250 a year towards fuel, taxi or NSW Train travel for aged pensioners.

100,000 additional fee-free TAFE and VET courses.

New hospitals at Tweed, Maitland, Macksville and Mudgee as commencement of works at Bankstown-Lidcombe and Eurobodalla

Construction of western Sydney metro to begin next year.

Increase in frontline personnel including 4600 extra teachers, 5000 extra nurses and midwives and 1500 more police

Increase payroll tax threshold for small business to $900,000 by 2019-20.

Up to 3000 public service jobs to go in efficiency drive but wages cap to remain at 2.5 per cent.

$185m in additional drought assistance.

$32m over three years to investigate increased capacity at Wyangala Dam.

Introduction of outcome budgeting starting with the Education Department which will be asked to justify its funding based on its results.

CSIRO chair David Thodey to lead NSW convened review panel into how to reform federal state financial relations to revamp federal government grant and GST distributions.