Not much at all on the expenditure side of the budget. I'll go through a few of the important measures below
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R+D tax incentive receives a $2b funding cut over the forward estimatespic.twitter.com/1bHEViEemi
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The government is cutting a whopping $5.4b from the PBS over the forward estimates, under the guise of "Improving Access to Medicines"pic.twitter.com/k2T6DKSPK5
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#robodebt fans, the DHS is also getting $300m for, you guessed it, upgraded and "automated" IT servicespic.twitter.com/0tUBvRy4GQ
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Here's a neat trick: the government is claiming $5.2b in infrastructure spending in Queensland. But there is no new money, it's all just a re-announcementpic.twitter.com/PCOwSaNdLx
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And there's no new money in the Roads of Strategic Importance fund eitherpic.twitter.com/L4ac1xYYyy
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This infrastructure magic is great stuff! $1.8b for South Australia, except it's already been announced so there is, yep, no new moneypic.twitter.com/TUjObbNCRt
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As so it goes. $520m for Tasmanian infrastructure, except, once again, it's already been included in the forward estimatespic.twitter.com/712nNVYXDZ
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You get the picture. $7.8b for Victorian roads and rail. It's all re-announced spending, though - no new money here.pic.twitter.com/v1UplloAlW
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The government has found $189m in new funding for WA, however, as a GST top-uppic.twitter.com/ZFusUcICLk
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I don't exactly understand this budget measure. The government "will invest" $519m in regional infrastructure, but it shows up as a savings measurepic.twitter.com/ScBPNBLzxR
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And here's the already-notorious $160m spend for better SatNavpic.twitter.com/3iXI24PNBK
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$550m spend on remote NT Indigenous housing - provides the money announced in the press conference on 23 Aprilpic.twitter.com/Rn6iI0finz
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There is a $101m cut to student payments, under the guise of "efficiency"pic.twitter.com/VHvkIlJzg2
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And here is that nasty $202m cut to welfare services for migrants - they will have to wait 4 years, not 3 yearspic.twitter.com/YbUiv1LvvB
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Despite the positive spin on the aged care announcements, there isn't actually much new funding for aged care in the budgetpic.twitter.com/jUKusjBbuc
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by the way, 14,000 extra home care packages over 4 years is not a lot. There is currently a 101,000 strong waiting list for these packageshttp://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/over-100,000-older-australians-waiting-for-home-care-packages/9393042 …
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This dot point in he Aged Care announcements suggests: * the government is possibly trialling an NDIS-style consumer-directed care modelpic.twitter.com/OuROpLC7Xh
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This dot point in the Aged Care announcements also suggests some potentially interesting changes. How would combining home and residential care affect the wait list?pic.twitter.com/klIac7Ph84
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Finally, I couldn't go to bed tonight without a mention of $48m in funding for the 250th Anniversary of Captain James Cook. I really hope the Hawaiians get involved with this onepic.twitter.com/b2s9DaZUdN
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