Page 4 - Byfields Budget 2024

At the lower end of the scale, 4.3 million individuals - about 29 per cent of
taxpayers - earning $18,200 to $45,000 benefit from their marginal tax
bracket falling to 16 per cent, from 19 per cent. A full-time minimum wage
earner on $45,906 gets back $805 under Labor versus nothing under the

Coalition plan. The average, full-time worker on $98,218 is also $804 a
year better off, while a middle-income earner on $67,600 will get back
$1,679 instead of $875.

But high achievers on a $180,000 salary will be $2,346 a year worse off,

with their tax liability dropping by $3,729 instead of $6,075.

If you need to see a doctor...

Building on the commitment to Medicare in previous Budgets, the

government has committed a further $227 million to creating 29 new
Urgent Care Clinics.

This will bring the total number of these clinics around the nation to 87,

offering bulk-billed care for patients seven days a week and during
extended hours of operation.