That’s a wrap from us
Thanks for joining us for the ins and outs of this year’s SA budget.
Further fallout and analysis will no doubt continue in the coming days, but here’s a look at the key ingredients so far:
- Cost-of-living spending of $266 million is the biggest of the budget measures that weren’t leaked in the lead-up to today’s lock-up
- Some of that money will go towards a $243 one-off cost-of-living concession payment to more than 210,000 households
- But the budget’s also continuing on a trajectory of record debt, which is tipped to hit $44.2 billion in the next few years
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