Emma Rodgers ABC Online Rudd commits billions
More than $40 billion will be pumped into education and community infrastructure, public housing, business tax breaks and one-off cash payments in an economic stimulus plan to offset the effects of the global financial crisis. The Government says its $42 billion Nation Building and Jobs Plan will help “support and sustain” over 90,000 jobs in the next two years and give a boost to the economy of 0.5 per cent of GDP and put growth at 1 per cent for 2008-09. Read more here, and watch live