We’re dead last at $0 per person in business support while our peers are giving $559 per person—what are we, chopped liver? We should at least match $500 per person so our own companies aren’t left in the dust while the rest of the world charges ahead.
The numbers behind the demand
Previous
$0 / person
Per-person spend when demanded
Right now
$502 / person
Current per-person spend
— delivered
What voters want
$500 / person
Target per-person spend
🎉 Delivered on Oct. 1, 2023 via the budget that passed.
Next election on 31 October 2025 (in 10 months).
Pledges (1)
Center-Left Coalition
pledged July 26, 2023
Delivered
“I pledge that, should our coalition come to power, we will provide $500 in business support per person.”