Budget splashes cash, with $17.7 billion for aged care and a pitch to women
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Morrison government has brought down a big-spending, expansionary budget that forecasts Australia’s unemployment rate will fall to 4.75% in two years time.
But Australia’s international borders won’t be properly open for at least a year, according to the budget’s assumptions.
“Australia is coming...