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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose and Peter Hannam

NSW state budget 2022: vouchers for schoolchildren, stamp duty reform and a forecast surplus in 2024-25

The NSW treasurer, Matt Kean, says his 2022 state budget is ‘transformative’, focusing on families, health and housing.
The NSW treasurer, Matt Kean, says his 2022 state budget is ‘transformative’, focusing on families, health and housing. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

New South Wales families will be handed $150 vouchers for every child enrolled in school just months out from the state election as part of treasurer Matt Kean’s big-spending, Labor-like budget.

The $193m cash injection can be used on uniforms, stationery and books during term one of 2023, just ahead of the government going to the polls in March to seek an unprecedented 16 years in power.

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