What does the mid-year budget update mean for the economy?
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says positive economic developments have improved the budget bottom line.
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There s strong momentum in jobs growth as we head into the summer break.
The Federal Government s budget is in slightly better shape than it was two months ago.
And some economists think there s more room for optimism than forecasts suggest but don t mention the trade tensions with China.
What can we learn from today s update to the 2020-21 budget?
An unusual budget update
In a normal year, the Federal Government typically releases its annual budget in May and updates it in December.
San Antonio native named to 2020-2021 USA Bobsled National Team
Boone Niederhofer is a Churchill High School Alum and is one of 11 team members
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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2018, file photo, driver Justin Olsen and Christopher Fogt, Carlo Valdes and Nathan Weber, of the United States, start their third heat during the four-man bobsled final at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. USA Bobsled and Skeleton couldn t hit the road recruiting this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic. So, they made Olympic hopefuls come to them and do so online. USABS took its recruiting process digital this year and team officials say it has led to significant upticks in interest. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Alex Rose, Hunter Zayas, BJ Ussery and Josh Williamson
The hot seat and finals of the second-to-last stop on the 2020 Viking Cues’ Q City 9-Ball Tour featured two competitors adding cash to their respective best earnings year, ever. For 14-year-old Hunter Zayas, it was his first runner-up finish in seven starts on the 2020 tour, which had included a win on the tour’s annual Turkey Bowl last month. It’s his best earnings year ever, because it’s his only earnings year, ever. So far.
For winner, BJ Ussery, it was his fourth win on the 2020 tour and his 14
th cash finish, across a variety of tournaments, overall. He’d won the VA State 10-Ball Championships back in February, and was runner-up in the MD State 10-Ball Championships and the 1
Bascue wins USA Bobsled national team selection races
December 15, 2020 GMT
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) Olympic veteran Codie Bascue will be the pilot of USA-1 when USA Bobsled rejoins the World Cup circuit for the second half of the season next month.
Bascue earned that designation Monday night when the team announced the men’s national roster for the season after the end of a series of selection races. Geoff Gadbois was picked as the driver of USA-2.
Bascue won three of the four races in the series at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
There were nine push athletes selected for the team as well: Olympic returnees Hakeem Abdul-Saboor and Carlo Valdes are on the list, along with Adrian Adams, Kris Horn, Blaine McConnell, Boone Niederhofer, Charlie Volker, Kyle Wilcox and Josh Williamson.
Codie Bascue wins 3 of 4 USA Bobsled national team selection races, will pilot USA-1
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. Olympic veteran Codie Bascue will be the pilot of USA-1 when USA Bobsled rejoins the World Cup circuit for the second half of the season next month.
Bascue earned that designation Monday night when the team announced the men s national roster for the season after the end of a series of selection races. Geoff Gadbois was picked as the driver of USA-2.
Bascue won three of the four races in the series at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
There were nine push athletes selected for the team, as well: Olympic returnees Hakeem Abdul-Saboor and Carlo Valdes are on the list, along with Adrian Adams, Kris Horn, Blaine McConnell, Boone Niederhofer, Charlie Volker, Kyle Wilcox and Josh Williamson.