The government is delivering a budget that looks much better than it expected, and the spending to recover from the pandemic isn't letting up yet. Here are some of the new measures in this year's federal budget.
The government is making up for that with a $3.4 billion package for women — more than half of that to childcare funding that will reduce costs for families to keep their kids in care.
over the next five years, which will increase the subsidy for second and subsequent children in childcare, as well as removing the subsidy cap for higher income earners. However, the government has said it will spend an extra $1.9 billion over the next four years in payments to distribute and administer the vaccine.Following the royal commission's damning findings into an aged care sector suffering from chronic underfunding the government had flagged it would be spending big to restore confidence in the sector.
The government has agreed to nearly all of the aged care royal commission's recommendations — the most significant recommendations it has rejected were in relation to introducing a levy to fund the new spending. About $160 million will also be spent on care for people following a suicide attempt, and more money for support services for fly-in fly-out workers.
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