budget 2021-22

Read the initial reactions to the budget below, from politicians, unions, industry, and more.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has used his budget to paint an optimistic and determined picture of Australia’s come back from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this nation-building endeavour, all you have to do is bring your shovel — the commonwealth will pay for the raw materials for the road to recovery. The government’s plan […]

Declaring Australia to be ‘coming back’ in the face of a once-in-a-century pandemic, the treasurer forecast a 2021-22 deficit of $106.6 billion, and a deficit of $57 billion in 2024-25.