ACT BUDGET AT A GLANCE
* $83.4 million deficit in 2017/18
* Projected return to surplus on track for 2018/19
* $5.6 billion total expenditure
* 3.25 per cent state final demand in 2017/18
* 2.75 per cent gross state product in 2017/18
* 1.5 per cent forecast employment growth
MEASURES INCLUDED IN THE 2017/18 BUDGET
* $1.6 billion for health
* $1.2 billion for education
* $867.5 million new infrastructure and capital works spending over four years
* $236 million for major surgical, radiology and emergency centre
* $117.7 million investment in new nurse walk-in clinics, mental health package, commissioning new public hospital
* $70 million to expand women's and children's hospital
* Two new mobile dental health clinics
* Free health checks for all Year 7 students
* $100 million upgrades to schools
* $24 million to expand schools in Gungahlin
* $53.5 million in capital for light rail stage 2 planning to Woden and capital
* More firefighters and police
* Two new rapid bus routes with two months' free travel to encourage take-up
* Container deposit scheme introduced
* Continue funding for Safe Schools program
* $25 million expansion of Mugga Lane tip
* Build permanent court for the Canberra Capitals women's basketball team
* $2.5 million bakery at the Alexander Maconochie jail to employ inmates
