From mental health to threatened species: the glaring omissions in the 2025 federal budget

Tuesday’s 2025 federal budget neglected the environment, the arts, the university sector and those living below the poverty line. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

While much of the federal budget conversation will centre around what’s in it for you – and for good reason – what’s not in the budget is equally as important.

And, given it’s a small, pre-election budget, there are quite a few omissions.