Short on time? Here’s everything you need to know about the 2021-2022 federal budget in 5 nifty charts and infographics.
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There’s much more new spending on aged care than there is on infrastructure. That’s a change.
There are plenty of winners and few direct losers in a budget that lays the groundwork for the next election - still more likely to be next year than this.
Looking graphically at actual and forecast GDP makes it clear why some speak of a ‘V-shaped recovery’. But even the fairly bullish assumptions reveal a recovery where the V isn’t really sharp enough.
Never before has a budget done so much to supercharge the economy after the worst of a recession has passed.
The Morrison government has brought down a big-spending, expansionary budget.
The 2021 Federal Budget should be used as an opportunity to invest in ideas: in arts, culture, universities, the ABC, and First Nations Australians.
The Coalition’s increase in child-care subsidies is a step in the right direction, though much more needs to be done.
Our analysis suggests the Morrison government’s child-care subsidy changes won’t do much to improve the affordability of child care for many families on low to middle incomes.
Inflation, interest rates and booming mining royalties give the Morrison government scope to ignore the deficit daleks.
47 of the 60 leading economists surveyed by the Economic Society and The Conversation back the Treasurer’s decision to aim for an unemployment rate of less than 5%.
The snail’s pace of action in this year’s federal budget on climate is out of step with the urgency of the climate and income inequality crises.
Canada has an opportunity to become a world leader in early childhood education. With monumental federal support, this is the time to build a sustainable and relevant early education system.
Budget 2021 includes significant investment in Indigenous communities. Moving forward, post-pandemic recovery and future budgets need to address systemic inequalities.
The federal budget proposed several measures aimed at reducing poverty. But escaping poverty is extremely difficult and can’t be addressed by quick fixes.
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor and Founding Director of QUT Centre for the Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
