Can someone explain this budget to me??

[StrawberryFields]

I really wonder what they were thinking with cutting discounts to full fee paying students - I think it had something to do with international students using education to get into the country? But surely they can just reduce the discount for non-citizens? You're right Trillian, it makes no sense and its penalising people who try to avoid being a strain on the government - in a way they're looking gift horses in the mouth...

They do need to look into why it is that people are still relying on Government payments even with what one would class as a decent wage. Clearly the definition of 'decent wage' also needs to be reviewed!

Maybe the way welfare is approved even - you have to give the bank a list of every tiny thing everything costs you to get a loan, perhaps we should have to provide a breakdown of our monthly expenses to prove to Centrelink why we qualify? I also think its a bit rich to judge eligibility on gross pay - people don't see that amount in their account!

Fingers crossed the Greens and Independants knock it back is all I can say...