It’s the Hockey Horror Budget Show. List of the losers
LOSERS
1. The sick
$7 fee increase for GP visits and cuts to hospital funding
2. University students
Face higher, deregulated fees
3. Foreign aid
Reduction in foreign aid budget of $7.9 billion over five years
4. High income earners
Deficit tax rise of 2 percentage points for people earning more than $180,000 a year
5. Public servants
16,500 job losses
6. Video gamers
Abolishing the Australian Interactive Games Fund, saving $10 million
7. Pensioners
Pension age rises to 70 from 2035 and concessions cut
8. Families
Cuts to Family Tax Benefit Part B
9. Young unemployed
Under 30s face a six-month wait for a reduced dole
10. Motorists
More expensive petrol with a fuel levy
11. Indigenous people
A $500 million cut to indigenous programs over five years
12. Local councils
Cuts of nearly $1 billion over four years
13. ABC and SBS
Cuts of $43.5 million and Australia Network abandoned
14. Politicians, senior public servants
One-year pay freeze, gold pass travel for ex-MPs wound back then abolished