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Cuts, spends, debt: what you need to know about the budget at a glance

  • Written by Alexandra Hansen, Deputy Editor and Chief of Staff, The Conversation
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After twenty years of rhetoric from both sides of politics focusing on getting back to surplus, this year’s budget continues pandemic spending in the hope of getting the economy back on track as the pandemic starts to settle.

The projected deficit is $161 billion for 2021-22, but rather than tackling...

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