The search for a coronavirus vaccine and repairing the ailing aged-care sector are among the main health spends in the 2020 budget. But the biggest item was a $4.3bn pledge to subsidise many more drugs.
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Articles on Federal Budget 2020
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The 2020 budget explained in 7 charts: the major cuts and spends, the new tax rates, and that almighty debt.
The government wants consumers to spend, spend, spend: the question is whether they will feel confident to do so.
The government has brought forward planned future tax cuts. And while some say we shouldn’t be cutting taxes during a recession, the plan has its merits.
Assuming jobs will grow as JobKeeper is wound back is a leap of faith.
The federal budget is set to deliver faster tax cuts and cash for pensioners amid a Herculean push to create more jobs.
A group of 28 vaccine researchers said we might have a vaccine by late-2021, though it could take until well into 2022.
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