FINAL BUDGET OUTCOME FOR 2019/20
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"The road back is going to be long, bumpy and hard." - Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
* Deficit of $85.3 billion, or 4.3 per cent of gross domestic product
* Total payments were up $57.7 billion and receipts were down $33.1 billion compared to the mid-year review
* Growth fell by 0.2 per cent, but final public demand and net exports were stronger than forecast
* Gross debt hit $684.3 billion, or 34.5 per cent of GDP
* Employment fell by 4.3 per cent through the year to the June quarter 2020
* Unemployment rate increased to seven per cent in the June quarter 2020.
* Wage Price Index increased by 1.8 per cent through the year to the June quarter 2020 and compensation of employees rose by 3.7 per cent in 2019/20
Source: Treasury
Australian Associated Press