Tuesday's budget will include several measures targeted squarely at female voters as Prime Minister Scott Morrison aims to win back support.
Funding will reportedly more than double for domestic violence prevention to at least $680 million and policies to cut the cost of childcare and help single parents buy a house will also feature in the budget. A $354 million women’s healthcare package will be unveiled - increasing funding for cervical and breast cancer screening, mental health and eating disorder programs and genetic screening of embryos.
The government has spent 3.5b on domestic violence over 10 years, with NO effect. I know, lets double it. Meanwhile an alleged rapist gets $375k a year to sue the government, Higgin's rapist hasn't been charged and Laming is still an MP after stalking, abusing, upskirting
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The 2021 Federal budget will ‘effectively’ be a pre-election budget | Sky News AustraliaThe Australian's Dennis Shanahan says the federal government will be “playing to the strength of economic security” in budget which will be delivered on Tuesday in the lead up to the next election. \n\n“This is effectively a pre-election budget, even if there is another budget in April next year before a May election, this is the real formation of the political strategy and the economic strategy for the election,” he said. \n\n“What we are seeing is a greater emphasis on the economy in this budget than a budget in itself.\n\n“What were seeing is that Josh Frydenberg is saying the way to fix the budget, with record national debt and record deficit, is to actually fix the economy by job creation and getting business investment rolling.\n\n“So far that has been working very well, much better than expected because of the COVID pandemic - so the government is playing to that strength of economic security, that is job security”.\n\nMr Shanahan told Sky News because it would be a pandemic election the emphasis in the budget would still be on healthcare and helping people whose jobs have been affected by COVID. \n Ra ra ra .. not voting for the clowns who don’t hold the hose. Meaning that they'll blow it all and double the debt again so they can blame labor WTF does that even mean? A drovers dog could run the Australian economy, but it takes the drunken sailors of the LNP to rack up a staggering $1Trillion debt!
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The Liberal Party ‘has not’ given up on surpluses: Frydenberg | Sky News AustraliaTreasurer Josh Frydenberg has told Sky News Australia is “recovering very strongly” following his budget address.\n\nMr Frydenberg delivered the budget on Tuesday night, and says it was “all about securing Australia’s economic recovery”.\n\n“Around half-a-million jobs have been created since last year’s budget – which was just over six months ago,” he said.\n\n“Australia has been the outperformer when it comes to the rest of the world on both the health and the economic front.”\n\nMr Frydenberg told Sky News the Liberal Party had not given up on surpluses despite revealing in the federal budget Australia’s net debt would increase to $617.5 billion and the deficit would hit $161 billion this year.\n\n“What you see in this budget is that deficits come down by two-thirds over the forward estimates,” he said.\n\n“And that net debt to the size of the economy, to GDP, compared to what was forecast at last year’s budget is lower each and every year.\n\n“That’s a key indicator of fiscal sustainability.”\n\n Are we really In 1990 interest rates were 17% the average cost of a house in Sydney was $155000 Record low interest rates today the average price of a house in Sydney $1150000 Look at the numbers people do the math what tosh....8 years of no surplus, despite claiming one that never happened. then when things turn against them, the biggest deficit ever.
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These are ‘five big things’ which will 'be remembered’ from the federal budget | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Paul Murray has assessed “five big things” to come from the federal budget which was delivered on Tuesday evening by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. \n\n“There is a massive amount of money for aged care,” Mr Murray said.\n\n“We saw out of the Aged Care Royal Commission, a real need to do this”. \n\nMr Murray said, secondly, people over the age of 60 will be able to put $300,000 into their superannuation if they were to sell their family home. \n\n“That’s a big change, you’re not going to see that a lot in the newspapers”. \n\nThirdly, Mr Murray said 10 million people are going to get a tax cut. \n\nFourth, he said this federal budget “puts a lot of money” to help produce more tradies in this country and get more kids to commit to becoming tradies once they leave school. \n\nMr Murray, as his fifth point, also spoke about the “debt picture” to come from this budget. \n JoshFrydenberg Nothing will be remembered of this budget. JoshFrydenberg Murray looks kinda silly in a Liberal cheerleading outfit.
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Federal budget tax cuts nothing more than a 'political fix': Shadow Treasurer | Sky News AustraliaThe federal government's tax breaks for low and middle income earners are 'temporary' while tax breaks for the highest income earners are 'permanent', according to Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers.\n\n'I think the Australian people need to understand as the government crows about these tax cuts - all they've done is guarantee a tax hike after the election,' he told Sky News.\n\n'And that's just another example of why this is all about marketing mismanagement and missed opportunities, it's a set of political fixes to get them through an election not a plan to get people into proper, well-paid, secure jobs.\n\n'Tonight when we look at what the government has done, we're entitled to point out tax breaks for low and middle income earners are temporary - for the highest income earners are permanent.'\n\nHis comments come after Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered the federal budget. JEChalmers Define the so called “high” income earners for me Mr Chalmers! I bet you wouldn’t have a clue. JEChalmers JEChalmers JEChalmers Debt & Deficit disaster. How is this much debt suddenly okay?
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Federal Budget: 10,000 new places for five percent housing deposit | Sky News AustraliaUnder the federal budget 10,000 first home buyers can receive a five per cent deposit to build a home and 10,000 single parents will be supported with as low as a two percent deposit to purchase a home, says Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.\n\n'Mr Speaker, when construction work began to dry up, HomeBuilder came to the rescue. New house starts are now at their highest level in 20 years,' Mr Frydenberg said during his budget address on Tuesday night.\n\n'New loans to first home buyers reached their highest level in nearly 12 years. HomeBuilder has been a huge success. And our $2 billion investment in affordable housing is bringing on more supply. \n\n'Mr Speaker, in this budget, our housing measures go even further. Helping another 10,000 first home buyers build a new home with a five per cent deposit, supporting 10,000 single parents to purchase a home with as low as a two per cent deposit. \n\n'Increasing the amount that can be released under the First Home Super Saver Scheme from $30,000 to $50,000.' JoshFrydenberg
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