KEY BUDGET FIGURES
Fuel excise – Halved for 6 months with drivers saving 22.1 cents per litre
Cost of living – $250 payment for 6 million Australians and a $420 tax offset for low – middle (those earning below $126,000) income earners
Parental leave – Extension of paid parental leave, including for single parents
Homeowners – Home guarantee scheme expanded to 50,000 places per year
Jobs – $5000 payment for new apprentices (in priority industries) and $15,000 in wage subsidies for employers
APPRENTICES & SMALL BUSINESS
$5,000 – in payments for new apprentices in priority industries from July 1
Up to $15,000 – Wage subsidies for employers who take on new apprentices
20 per cent – Tax breaks on training and digital work expenses for small businesses
$3.7 billion – Could open up thousands of new training spaces for low-income students
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE
20 weeks – Of paid parental leave to be shared between eligible working parents
Single parents – Will be able to access the full 20 weeks of paid parental leave
$350,000 – Collective income limit for households to be eligible for leave
New laws set to be set to be introduced by March 1, 2023
WOMEN’S HEALTH
$1.3 billion – In additional funding to help end violence against women and children
$23 million – To help families who have experienced stillbirths or miscarriage
From May 1 – Triple negative breast cancer (previously cost $80,000 per course of treatment) drug Trodelvy will be subsidised
$482 million – To provide women with greater flexibility and choice about how to manage work and care
