{"id":208266,"date":"2018-05-09T21:40:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T11:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=208266"},"modified":"2020-08-04T11:45:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T01:45:19","slug":"what-the-budget-offers-south-burnett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/05\/09\/what-the-budget-offers-south-burnett\/","title":{"rendered":"What The Budget Offers South Burnett"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_208267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208267\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180508federalbudget.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-208267\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180508federalbudget.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180508federalbudget.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180508federalbudget-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2018-19 Budget offers ten benefits for people living in rural and regional Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208290\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scottmorrison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-208290 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scottmorrison.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 9, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by Dafyd Martindale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison&#8217;s 2018-19 Budget, brought down on Tuesday night, includes 10 sweeteners for rural and regional Australia.<\/p>\n<p>These include measures to improve health &#8211; including funding for the University of Queensland Clinical School in Kingaroy &#8211; and more aged care places and packages.<\/p>\n<p>There is also funding for &#8220;strategic&#8221; freight roads, although it is unknown if any of these dollars will flow through to the South Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>The Budget also confirmed the previously announced $11.2 million to upgrade the intersection of the Wide Bay and Bruce Highways near Bells Bridge.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Benefits For Rural Australia<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Funding for the University of Queensland&#8217;s Rural Clinical Schools in Kingaroy, Hervey Bay and Bundaberg to attract more health students to build their careers outside metropolitan centres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>$3.5 billion for Roads of Strategic Importance\u00a0 to target upgrades to key regional roads and freight routes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A $2.4 billion commitment to upgrade public technology infrastructure including better satellite imagery, more accurate GPS and upgrading the Bureau of Meteorology&#8217;s technology platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>$146 million to improve access to aged care services in rural, regional and remote Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Health and Multidisciplinary Training Program which aims to attract would-be medical professionals to rural and remote areas via more specific rural training for students; the development of training strategies to deliver strong workforce outcomes in regional, rural and remote areas; and extra support for medical professionals providing specific services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A $28.2 million allocation over four years to expand higher education places for sub-bachelor students from remote and regional areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved access to the Youth Allowance through changes in family income thresholds for regional students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Additional funding to protect against pests, disease and weeds, and funding new technology to better detect biosecurity risks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A promise that the Federal Government will increase its efforts to negotiate away technical trade barriers to agricultural exports in more countries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An extra $200 million for a third round of the Building Better Regions Fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/05\/10\/federal-mps-back-budget\/\">Federal MPs Back Budget<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/05\/10\/agforce-gives-budget-a-thumbs-up\/\">AgForce Gives Budget A Thumbs-Up<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/05\/10\/highway-misses-out-on-budget-dollars\/\">Highway Misses Out On Budget Dollars<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison&#8217;s 2018-19 Budget, brought down on Tuesday night, includes 10 sweeteners for rural and regional Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":208267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What The Budget Offers South Burnett - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Federal Treasurer Scott 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