WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE 2022/23 BUDGET
WINNERS
Motorists – $300 saving per car over six months with fuel tax cut
Universities – extra spending on research commercialisation
Jobseekers – training to get into digital jobs
Low and middle-income earners – $420 cost of living relief
Regional Australians – extra road, rail, communications and business support
LOSERS
Underemployed – the underemployment rate stands at 6.6 per cent
State schools – Payments for state and territory government schools to drop by $796.5 million over four years
Recreation and culture – Drop of 13.9 per cent in real terms in spending over four years
Sport – Funding down 38.7 per cent in real terms over four years as community programs end
Health department bureaucrats – 381 positions to go as various programs come to an end
Paul Osborne
(Australian Associated Press)
