Securing Australia's future Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has handed down the 2022-23 federal budget. Find out Mercer’s perspective on what this means for Australia across investments, superannuation and retirement, aged care, employment and health.
The 2022/23 Federal Budget measures continue to provide support for economic growth and full employment. This year’s Budget also remains friendly for households as the Government prepares for the upcoming election, with election sweeteners such as cost of living handouts and a halving of petrol and diesel fuel excise for six months.
For small business, the main initiatives include rebates for increasing digital adoption and training for staff development. The Government has also allocated additional funding to support growth in apprenticeships in crucial industries and pledged further spending to enhance modern manufacturing. Infrastructure spending was a big winner with the Government committing to enhance regional connectively in key growth hubs and to further develop regional infrastructure.
There are measures aimed at helping to grow and upskill the workforce within the aged care sector and more broadly, but we are concerned these measures do not go far enough and do not address the fundamental problem of a workforce shortage.
Superannuation was largely untouched for the first time in many years, with the Government seeking to position itself pre-election as the party that won’t make any adverse changes to super. The opportunity was not taken to do more to address the gender super gap.
Superannuation and retirement changes
Personal tax/cost of living measures
Aged care initiatives
Investment implications
Workforce initiatives
Health initiatives
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