Budget Reply 2020 and the Global Goals

Last week, we looked into how the Coalition has committed to achieving aspects of the Global Goals through the 2020 / 2021 Budget. This week, we are looking at Labor’s Budget Reply speech made last Thursday night by Anthony Albanese, the Opposition Leader.

The budget reply allows the opposition to explain what they believe to be wrong with the budget and speak to points for their own plan towards a better future.

These points include the following promises — what we would have seen for Budget 2020 / 2021 if the opposition was in power:

Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

- Establishment of the Australian Centre for Disease Control

Goal 4: Quality Education

- Remove the annual cap on the childcare subsidy

- An investigation into increasing the maximum childcare subsidy to 90%

- ACCC to design price regulation mechanism around childcare

- Australian Skills Guarantee

Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

- Establishment of the Rewiring the Nation Corporation

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure