#BUDGET 2023: main headlines for you
- $40/fortnight increase to ALL on Jobseeker, youth allowance, Austudy
- plus extra $ for those 55+ (now 60)
- boosting max rent assistance rate by 15%
- $3bn for energy bill relief (amount differs by state)
#Budget2023: BIG STUFF
- projected $4 billion surplus
- NO word on future of stage 3 tax cuts: Chalmers projects they cost $69bn (not nice) over forwards
- growth down to 1.5% next yr, unemployment to 4.5%
- inflation to fall to 3.25% next yr
follow live: theguardian.com/australia-news…
#BUDGET2023: COST OF LIVING
- $14.6b package, as we knew
- $40/fortnight increase to Jobseeker, youth allowance & more (details below)
- Cwth rent assistance: max cap goes up 15% (benefits 76% of CRA recipients)
- more incentives for GP bulk billing
#BUDGET2023: HEALTH (1/2)
- $5.7 billion over 5 yrs to “strengthen Medicare”
- inc. $3.5bn to “triple bulk billing incentive” for common GP consults - for kids, pensioners, concession cards
- $1.6b for Covid: vaccines, PCR tests, new treatments theguardian.com/australia-news…
BUDGET 2023: HEALTH (2/2)
- $556m for mental health, much for people not on NDIS
- $219m for “long term adult dental reform”
- 8 new urgent care clinics
#BUDGET2023: REFERENDUM
- The AEC gets $336.6m to deliver Voice referendum
- Yes/No pamphlet costs $10.6m to print & deliver
- $10.5m for mental health support for Indigenous Australians thru campaign
- $20m to progress “regional voices”
theguardian.com/australia-news…
#Budget2023: ENERGY BILLS
- a lil tricky
- amounts vary by state/territory, because relief is combined state-feds
- some states less exposed to price volatility (so less help); some states are doing their own thing instead
- 5m households, 1m businesses
anyway a fair bit goin on tonight, here's one story on the cost of living package but also just check out all the other real good stuff on @GuardianAus 💰theguardian.com/australia-news…
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