Budget boost for young people and business reaches outer suburbs

National Growth Areas Alliance

The outer suburbs will benefit from the 2020-21 Federal Budget focus on jobs, skills and higher education, along with support for small business and manufacturing and investment in local roads and community infrastructure. Vulnerable growth area communities have been hard hit by COVID-19, but at 20% of Australia’s population they also have a leading role to play in economic recovery.

Councillor Matthew Deeth (Wollondilly, NSW), Chair of the National Growth Areas Alliance, welcomed the 2020-21 Federal Budget’s youth focus, with nearly one million young people in growth areas who will be looking

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