Four months before a state election, Treasurer Cameron Dick has delivered this year’s budget in parliament. Follow our live blog for all the details and reaction.
We’ll be back tomorrow for another day of news – including another budget, this time from the Brisbane City Council. See you then.
“Every Queenslander knows a small business owner – and knows the financial pressures they’ve been facing in recent times, especially those in construction, hospitality and other energy-intensive sectors. “We need better public transport to give motorists genuine alternatives and enable that mode shift for Queensland to have any hope of easing congestion.
“If you think it is hard to find a home in Queensland, this decision just made it a whole lot harder.” The 587 bus service will now link to rail services in Loganlea, responding to ongoing population growth in Yarrabilba.The Real Estate Institute of Queensland welcomed the lifting of the stamp duty tax-free threshold for first home buyers, describing it as long overdue, but said it would have limited impact in Brisbane.
However, that was higher than Moody’s forecasts for Australia’s overall economic growth in the period, and comes amid subdued household spending due to cost of living concerns.
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