Treasurer Josh Frydenberg argues the economy is more resilient than some believed in a wide-ranging interview with the ABC ahead of Tuesday's federal budget. Subscribe: [ Ссылка ] Read more here: [ Ссылка ]

More than 100,000 Australians came off income support last month despite the withdrawal of the $90 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy program at the end of March, Mr Frydenberg said.

He said the budget would see billions of dollars extra directed at aged care, childcare, disability and mental health in long-term "structural spends".

The Treasurer indicated unemployment — currently 5.6 per cent — would return to pre-pandemic levels within the next year.

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