The 2008-09 Budget is about seizing good ideas and delivering them into action.

It supports Tasmanian families with essential investment in education, health, housing and infrastructure.

This budget lays out the pathway to a clever, kind and connected Tasmania.

A kind society is one which extends a supportive hand to people when they need world class health services, access to housing and community support.

A clever society is one which invests in education, infrastructure and the skills that equip Tasmanians to grab the opportunities of tomorrow with both hands.

A connected society is one that realises we must all take action together to combat the big challenges of the 21st Century – from climate change to telecommunications.

This Budget lays out an ambitious program of action on all these fronts.

It provides the ideas and the drive and the funding to take Tasmania forward with confidence about the future.

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The 2008 Budget is a landmark Budget.

This year, for the first time, the annual Tasmanian Budget tops 4 billion dollars.

That includes 1.5 Billion dollars for health and human services and over a billion dollars for Education.

On top of this funding the 2008 Budget also includes a 1.5 billion dollar four-year plan to renew and build infrastructure in this State.

The 2008 budget continues the Government record of providing tax relief.

It extends concessions to health care card holders which will be worth up to $470 a year.

The 2008 budget is a budget that delivers.

It provides new funding to improve literacy, numeracy and skills, reform health and human services, improve housing and save the Tasmanian Devil.

It will build new schools, hospitals, local health facilities, police stations, roads and irrigation to drought proof Tasmania.

It looks to new ideas and looks to the future.

It is a Budget which reinforces our Triple A credit rating and the fastest growing economy in Australia.

The 2008 Budget is an exciting Budget for Tasmania.

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