Victoria Thieberger

Mar 24, 2025 | theconversation.com | Erin Cooper-Douglas |Victoria Thieberger

The federal budget will be handed down by Treasurer Jim Chalmers at 7:30PM AEDT on Tuesday March 25. While the official budget papers are under lock and key until then, the government has been making spending announcements for weeks. Here’s what we know. Total promised spending is $29.3 billion, excluding off-budget spending on education, and over a range of forward years. Data is sourced from federal government announcements.