00:04Every dog has its day, and Canberra's biggest budget winner was the RSPCA.
00:10We are so, so, so excited.
00:13It's secured $30 million in federal funds, on top of a $38 million commitment from the ACT Government.
00:20This is Tinny, he's really sweet.
00:23The money will be used to build a new animal welfare campus at Pialego.
00:27We're going to get a better shelter for you.
00:29Replacing the 40-year-old centre at Weston that's well over capacity.
00:34We've been talking about it in different iterations for about 20 years.
00:39So this would be absolutely life-changing for all of us, and we can't wait.
00:44The federal government says there's lots in the budget for Canberra.
00:48It's in our investments in our national institutions, in our public service,
00:52but also importantly in our infrastructure and in the future needs of the city.
00:57$50 million will be spent duplicating Drake Brockman Drive in West Belconnen, where the population is set to boom.
01:05The National Film and Sound Archive will get almost $10 million to protect fragile film treasures.
01:11There's $3 million for the Museum of Australian Democracy, $3 million for the National Jewish Memorial Centre, but no funding
01:20for Canberra Stadium upgrades.
01:22We'd expect in the next couple of months we will have that master plan, and we will be able to
01:27engage formally with the ACT Government on that matter.
01:30Overall, there's modest growth forecast for the public service workforce.
01:35However, this budget does not stop the job cuts that are already progressing in key agencies like the Department of
01:42Health, the Department of Home Affairs, the Department of Social Services.
01:45260,000 working Canberrans will get a new tax break.
01:50It still sucks to be poor, it sucks to be old, it sucks to be a native species.
01:55The ACT Government is optimistic about a brighter housing future.
02:00The significant decision that was made around capital gains tax and negative gearing will mean more Canberrans and younger generations
02:09of Canberrans can get their foot onto the housing ladder.
02:13Because it's not just the ACT's animals in need of a home.
02:18I know, tell me about it. We're going to get a better shelter for you.
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