The government has already announced a $354m women’s health package, which includes $100m for cervical and breast cancer screening programs, and more support for mental health and wellbeing of new and expectant parents.
The budget will include a statement on women’s safety and health, with funding for domestic violence prevention to more than double to at least $680m.
Housing
A new family home guarantee is also targeting women and single parents with a program to support up to 10,000 single parents buy a home with a deposit of only 2%.
Of the 125,000 eligible single parents, about 85% are women.
The first-home guarantee, which allows first-home buyers to build a new home, or purchase a newly built home with a deposit of as little as 5%, will also be expanded, with another 10,000 places made available.
10th May 2021 1:48 PM | Updated: 14th May 2021 10:19 AM Few things can make a vanilla slice better than the offer of a candle to celebrate a friend s birthday. But that s Zarby s Cafe for you. Â Zarby s Cafe on the Bruce Highway at Mt Ossa. Picture: Rae Wilson It s an unassuming but must-stop eatery along the Bruce Highway at Mt Ossa, between Kuttabul and Calen. Delicious burgers, great sweets, cool retro decor and it s dog-friendly. Â Zarby s Cafe on the Bruce Highway at Mt Ossa. Picture: Rae Wilson Nearby Calen has a butcher with prime cuts and the Cantankerous Cow coffee cart that is anything but cantankerous.
The New South Wales government said last week they were considering building Australia’s longest road tunnel linking Medlow Bath to Little Hartley – the final stage of an 130km upgrade of the highway.
The government said a location for the proposed intermodal terminal in Melbourne would be determined after further discussions with the Victorian government. It said the additional capacity delivered by the project, which would include freight warehousing, was necessary to meet the future freight needs of Victoria and Australia’s domestic and international supply chains, “as well as realising the full benefits of inland rail”.
The government said Victoria was currently the largest generator and receiver of inter-capital rail freight, and the terminal was needed in order to reduce congestion on Melbourne’s main arterial roads.
May 7, 2021
Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg speaks to the media during a press conference inside the budget lockup ahead of handing down the Budget 2020/21 at Parliament House. Source: AAP/Lukas Coch.
It seems like only yesterday Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was unveiling the budget he promised would drive Australia out of pandemic doldrums. Abandoning the deficit-fetishism that has plagued politics for decades, he promised big-spending measures. And if the recent drops are anything to go by, he’ll promise more of the same on Tuesday.
But seven months later, many of Frydenberg’s signature splashes wage subsidies and women’s economic security have failed to have a big impact. And it’s unlikely many of the big assumptions underpinning that budget’s optimistic projections will play out.
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