Crikey Talks

Budget 2020 – where to now?

7 October 2020. 12.30pm AEDT

Crikey’s Janine Perrett, Bernard Keane, Jason Murphy, and Peter Fray unpacked Budget 2020.

The fab four tuned out the spin while discussing if the budget will be giving Aussies the best bang-for-their-buck. They juggled a wide range of questions from our Crikey readers on aged care, child care, tax cuts, pensioners, climate change and much more.

“The other no-brainer stimulus measure, funding for social housing, is also missing entirely. There is $2 billion for small-scale capital works and local infrastructure that — provided it doesn’t fall victim to the Morrison syndrome of being announced but never spent — should be spent quickly on roads across the country. That won’t provide much help for the residential construction sector.” Bernard Keane

There were also the highlight cameos from Bernard’s cats!

For further reading we have some great articles from Bernard – A mutant of a budget offers mixed answers to the vital questions and Jason – Frydenberg getting awfully close to that trillion-dollar mark.

Enjoy the highlights and replay.

Speakers

Janine Perrett

Columnist @PerrettReport

Janine is a regular Crikey contributor. She is a journalist, broadcaster and commentator on business and politics with four decades of experience working in newspapers, radio and TV. She has worked across The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Nine Network, ABC, and Sky News where she hosted many shows including The Perrett Report.

Bernard Keane

Politics Editor @BernardKeane

Bernard is Crikey's political editor. Before that he was Crikey's Canberra press gallery correspondent, covering politics, national security and economics. Bernard was a policy adviser and speechwriter in transport and communications. He is also the author of several books dealing with politics and related issues, including War on the Internet.

Peter Fray

Former editor-in-chief @PeterFray

Peter is Crikey's editor-in-chief and managing editor of Private Media. He is formerly the editor-in-chief of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald, the editor of the SMH, The Sunday Age and The Canberra Times and the deputy editor of The Australian and The Sun-Herald.

Jason Murphy

Economics Correspondent @jasemurphy

Jason is a Crikey contributor and one of Australia's most popular writers on business and the economy. He takes complex topics and makes them understandable, like employment, interest rates and the cost of living. Jason has worked at the Australian Treasury, the Australian Financial Review and currently writes for news.com.au.

Budget 2020-21

Get the Budget

Introduction to the 2020-21 Budget:

The 2020-21 Budget is an economic recovery plan that will create jobs, rebuild our economy and secure Australia’s future.

COVID-19 has resulted in the most severe global economic crisis since the Great Depression. The Government has acted from a position of economic and fiscal strength, providing unprecedented levels of support to keep Australians in work and businesses in business.

The 2020-21 Budget provides additional support in response to the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Budget also implements the next phase of Australia’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan to create jobs, drive sustainable, private sector-led growth while continuing to deliver the essential services on which Australians rely. The Government is committed to ensuring Australia emerges from the pandemic with a stronger, more resilient, and more competitive job-making and income-generating economy.

If you would like to get your hands on Budget 2020-21 it’s in the government archives here.

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