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Budget 2020: $220m dedicated to family law and family relationship services
The Morrison government has delivered its 2020-21 budget, with significant funding going towards family law and family relationship services across Australia.
Emma Musgrave
This year’s budget, which was released on Tuesday, 6 October, seeks to continue to guarantee the essential services Australians rely on as part of its Economic Recovery Plan.
“This includes $133 million towards family and child support programs and $87.3 million towards Family Law and Family Relationship Services,” Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said.
“Building on previous commitments to keep women and children safe and ensuring access to justice, we will provide the Family and Federal Circuit Courts with an additional $10.2 million to manage the impacts of COVID-19.
“The Morrison Government is continuing to guarantee our essential services at a time when Australians need them most.”
Other services set to benefit include the health sector, with the budget delivering what’s being dubbed “record funding” for health, stretching a total of $93.8 billion in 2020-21, marking an increase of almost 43 per cent since 2014-15.
“The Government is committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all Australians, and has invested $5.7 billion in 2020-21, including funding for critical front line services and suicide prevention,” Mr Frydenberg added.
Meanwhile, aged care is set to receive an additional $1.6 billion for an additional 23,000 home care packages across all package levels.
“The number of home care packages will have increased three-fold from around 60,300 in 2013 to around 185,500 in 2021,” the Treasurer said.
“We are committed to delivering quality residential care with a further $11.3 million for training and support for aged care providers and carers of people experiencing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.”
More to come.
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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