Tasmania’s budget will boost health spending by $900 million (US$588 million), with a forecast surplus expected to be pushed back.
State Liberal Treasurer Michael Ferguson will hand down the 2023/24 budget on May 25, almost two weeks after the government was plunged into the minority when two MPs quit the party.
It will reportedly include $12 billion over four years to improve an ailing health system.
The figure is more than a third of the state’s overall spending and $900 million more than what was allocated in last year’s budget.
“We are investing in innovative programs and initiatives,” Premier Jeremy Rockliff told News Corp….