'Building on the strength of our regions': Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivers 2025 budget speech

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After delivering back-to-back budget surpluses, Treasurer Dr. Jim Chalmers has this year handed down a Labor budget in deficit. Watch key moments on his break down of the budget for regional Australians from his 2025 budget speech.

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00:00Speaker, building Australia's future also means building on the strength of our regions.

00:06That's why we're securing banking services in country towns and flights in the bush.

00:11It's also why we're investing up to three billion dollars in additional equity to complete

00:16the rollout of the National Broadband Network.

00:20Infrastructure like the NBN is essential for communities and students and businesses and

00:25to the productivity of our nation.

00:27And so are the roads and railways connecting our regions to our cities and supporting economic

00:33growth.

00:34This budget provides 17.1 billion dollars over 10 years for these projects, including

00:407.2 billion dollars to upgrade the Bruce Highway in Queensland, the biggest ever investment

00:46in the Bruce.

00:472.3 billion dollars for Western Sydney, with one billion of that for the rail network alone.

00:54And 2 billion dollars towards transforming Sunshine Station, taking our Melbourne Airport

00:58rail investments to 7 billion dollars.

01:02In total, we're investing more than 120 billion dollars in infrastructure in every state and

01:08territory over the decade, improving the productivity, resilience, liveability and sustainability

01:14of our cities, regions and communities, accompanied by 262 million dollars to preserve and conserve

01:22our natural land and our ocean assets.

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