Budget 2009-10
Australia.
"The central task of the 2009-10 Budget is nation building for recovery.
The 2009-10 Budget supports jobs today by investing in the infrastructure that Australia needs for tomorrow.
Key elements include:
Investing in a $22 billion Nation Building Infrastructure centrepiece, which provides funding for roads, metro rail, ports, the Clean Energy Initiative, universities, research, hospitals and broadband.
Delivering an increase for single and couple pensioners and carers, boosting innovation funding, introducing a statutory paid parental leave scheme, extending the First Home Owners Boost and providing a Small Business Tax Break.
Taking the hard decisions necessary to make the Budget sustainable, and to chart the course back to surplus. "