Focus on Jobs as 2020-21 NSW Budget Sets Path for Post Pandemic Recovery

Focus on Jobs as 2020-21 NSW Budget Sets Path for Post Pandemic Recovery
New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet addresses the media during a press conference at NSW Parliament House on March 17, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
Sophia Jiang
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New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet budget will focus on saving and creating jobs while driving the state economy out of pandemic-induced recession.

The 2020-2021 budget (pdf), released on Nov. 17, projects the Berejikilian government will generate 270,000 jobs by 2024—reducing state unemployment to 5.25 percent—using unprecedented stimulus, tax cuts and a boost to the state’s $103 billion infrastructure pipeline.