Did the budget look after ag? | POLL
TREASURER Rob Lucas says the government’s $11.3 billion infrastructure spend across the next four years – detailed in Tuesday’s state budget – would provide industry with a great level of certainty.
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“There had been fears the Liberal government would cut infrastructure spending, but there’s actually going to be an increase of more than $500 million,” he said.
But to pay for the big-ticket items such as infrastructure and health, extra revenue had to found from areas such as increasing Housing Trust rents, while cutting had to be done in other parts, with some tafeSA campuses to be close, including Wudinna, Roxby Downs, Coober Pedy and Urrbrae.
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