AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2008
NSW: Mini-budget passes NSW parliament
SYDNEY, Dec 4 AAP - The NSW government's mini-budget legislation has passed state parliament
unamended.
Handed down on November 18, the mini-budget contained $3.3 billion worth of savings
coupled with additional charges and taxes to help the state deal with a downturn in revenue
of up to $1 billion a year.
The opposition had hoped a number of Labor MPs angry about the measure to scrap free
student travel would cross the floor and vote against the legislation.
Such a move would have triggered an early state election.
However, the legislation has now passed both houses of parliament without any amendments.
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KEYWORD: BUDGETNSW
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