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.