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MURRAY 2018 BUDGET UPDATE
Delivering a stronger economy. More jobs. Guaranteeing essential services. Ensuring Government lives within its means.
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Damian Drum is Delivering for Our Community The Federal Budget was handed down recently and it was certainly good news for Australia and good news for the seat of Murray.
Locally, we were also able to announce the first stage of our decentralisation rollout. Shepparton will receive seven positions from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Indigenous Affairs Group Regional Network Melbourne office.
When the Rudd Labor Government came to office in 2007, Australia as a nation was spending way more than it had been receiving through taxes. This over spending has been to the tune of about $100 million per day.
We were also delighted to announce that Shepparton will be the home of a new medical school, paving the way for students from the Goulburn Valley and beyond to have an “end-to-end” medical school in Regional Victoria for the first time. This will be a collaboration between La Trobe University and Melbourne University. Into the future, students will be able to study to become doctors without having to spend years living in Melbourne.
The Coalition Government, since elected, has implemented a plan to bring this spending under control and we were able to announce that next year’s Budget will see Australia make a small surplus or profit. Over the next ten years we will set about paying our debt off, so that we are well placed if we ever face an economic downturn in the future. Whilst we have been careful with “your money” we have also introduced record education funding, with a true Gonski approach for “needs based funding”, record funding for health with an extra $1.5 billion available for new medicines to be put on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme, as well as fully funding the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a scheme to look after those in our community with a disability, to provide the services they need to live their lives.
This is a huge win for Shepparton and the Goulburn Valley and will undoubtedly lead to more doctors living and working in our great region. The 2018-19 Federal Budget delivered by the Coalition Government is continuing to provide record funding in health, education and infrastructure that will benefit everyone in the Murray community.
Damian Drum MP Federal Member for Murray
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