Major cuts and
new spending
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$3.5 billion over three years for energy bill
relief
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$3.4 billion over five years for new and amended
drugs to be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
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Up to $3 billion over five years for other
pharmaceuticals measures, including freezing the prices of prescription
medicines
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$1.3 billion over five years for income tax cuts
for all taxpayers
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$2.2 billion over five years for implementing
more recommendations from the Royal Commission into aged care
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$1.9 billion over five years to increase the
rate of Commonwealth rent assistance
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$19.7 billion over ten years for boosting
renewable industries
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$1.1 billion over five years to pay
superannuation on government-funded parental leave
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Wage increases for aged care and childcare
workers
Key cuts and spending by policy area