It provides a tax cut for every taxpayer and new help with energy bills, rent and the cost of medicines.
It builds more homes for Australians, reforms our universities, strengthens Medicare and the care economy, and broadens opportunity in our society.
This Budget delivers:
- Tax cuts for all taxpayers including 66,000 in the Bendigo electorate.
- $300 energy rebates for all households, and $325 rebates for eligible small businesses.
- An increase in the maximum rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance by a further 10 per cent. This will benefit 6,185 householders in Bendigo.
- Cutting $3 billion in student debt for more than three million Australians. This change will support 16,954 people with a HECS/HELP debt in Bendigo.
- Pensioners and concession card holders in Bendigo won’t pay more than $7.70 for their PBS medication for the next five years.
- Superannuation for government-funded Paid Parental Leave.
QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BENDIGO, LISA CHESTERS MP:
"We know that there are Bendigo households under pressure, which is why the Federal Labor Government is delivering responsible cost of living relief without adding to inflation.
"This Budget strikes the right balance between keeping pressure off inflation and delivering cost of living relief.
"This is a great Federal Labor Budget that is back to basics and delivers real cost of living relief for Bendigo households."
