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Budget splashes cash, with $17.7 billion for aged care and a pitch to women

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Budget splashes cash, with $17.7 billion for aged care and a pitch to womenAAP/Mick Tsikas

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...

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