The Coalition promises that the 2022–23 Budget will “deliver Australia’s plan for a stronger future”, but does it meet Canberra’s needs? Is it really a plan for the future, or is it, as pundits and politicians from other parties argue, a short-term plan designed to win votes in the forthcoming election?
A man in his 90s has died with COVID-19 in the ACT and there are 65 patients in hospital, one of whom is in intensive care, as the Territory recorded 449 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Sixty-three patients are in ACT hospitals with COVID-19, one of whom is being ventilated in intensive care, as the ACT recorded 529 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday.
Hospitalisations from COVID-19 have hit a record level in the ACT, as no new deaths have been recorded and case numbers remain stable in the national capital.
