AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2008
NSW: Mini-budget passes NSW parliament
The New South Wales government's mini-budget legislation has passed state parliament unamended.
The mini-budget contained 3.3 billion dollars worth of savings as well as extra charges
and taxes to help the state deal with a downturn in revenue of up to one billion dollars
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.
But the legislation has now passed both houses of parliament without any amendments.
AAP RTV nr/hn/crh/wz
KEYWORD: BUDGETNSW (SYDNEY)
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