ACT posts record deficit: how it will affect you

More taxes and higher rates are coming for Canberrans as the government deals with a record deficit.

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00:00What is the budget that delivers for all Canberrans?

00:05I'm firstly saying that this is a budget that delivers for all Canberrans.

00:10It delivers on our progressive, practical and proven plans for Canberra.

00:15It's a budget for better health care. It's a budget for more housing, more jobs,

00:22growing wages and supporting the most vulnerable people in our community.

00:26Like other jurisdictions, our public health and hospital system is under extraordinary pressure.

00:33With higher demand and growing costs, our public hospitals are seeing more patients with more complex needs.

00:40That's why the budget delivers a record investment in our public health care system of $1.19 billion.