Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips has welcomed the tax cuts and mental health support announced in Tuesday night's Federal Budget but is concerned it leaves people behind.
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In a speech in parliament on Tuesday night, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg unveiled the 2020-21 budget which was postponed from May to October due to the pandemic.
It includes $98 billion in new spending including payments to aged pensioners, asset write-offs and wage subsidies for hiring unemployed people under 35.
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Labor MP Fiona Phillip said she was concerned the budget "leaves so many people behind".
"I'm obviously concerned about the lack of targeted infrastructure projects in the area but I'm particularly concerned for people aged over 35 who have been totally excluded from that hiring incentive," Mrs Phillips said.
"We've got around 10,000 people on JobSeeker and a lot of them are over the age of 35.
"To be excluded from that hiring incentive, it's just terrible."
While Phillips said she supported the tax cuts, it came as other payments were being dialed back.
"I support the tax cuts, it's something we've been calling to be brought forward for some time so that will provide some relief," she said.
"But at the same time JobKeeper has been cut by $300 a fortnight and there is nothing which permanently increases JobSeeker."
She was pleased about the $2 billion road fund and $2 billion for local government roads and community infrastructure as well as seeing mental health support increased.
With the road funds she will be pushing for the East Nowra Sub Arterial road and Currarong Road.
"I want to make sure the East Nowra Sub Arterial Road is done, I think that road is really important for the whole area - we all saw the traffic bottleneck over the long weekend.
"One of the roads I have been writing to the Minister about many times is the Currarong Road - I'm hoping we can tap into that as well."