The government is considering fast-tracking $158 billion of personal tax cuts to boost the economy. 9News
"The money that we put into people's pockets, whether it is through tax cuts, whether it is through income support or whether it is through boosting aggregate demand by investing in housing or transport projects that will help create jobs across the country.""Our plan is to invest in more infrastructure to bring forward up to $10 billion of projects that are shovel-ready and can get people back to work.
That includes getting "more flexibility" within the industrial relations system and creating 340,000 new training places."You have Victorian the rest," Mr Frydenberg said. "Obviously in Victoria there are challenging times with the Stage 4 restrictions. It is making it difficult for businesses and spending and that will play out in the numbers in the months ahead."
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