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Small dot labelled "$92,000"
The average salary in Australia is $92,000.

A blue square labelled $5 million.
This block represents $5 million.

20 blue squares in a row labelled $100 million.
These blocks combined are worth $100 million.

A grid of blue squares labelled "This is $243 billion".
  The number of blocks needed to represent $243 billion won't fit on a single screen.

A grid of blue squares with 38 of them highlighted with a darker blue.
A bridge being built in Brisbane will cost around $190 million.

A grid of blue squares with a tiny sliver highlighted and labeled "Hey! Over here!"
The BOM rebrand cost a tiny $220,000.

Grid of blue squares with a line running across it labelled "$53 billion".
$53 billion is around 22 per cent of the total cost of the stage 3 tax cuts.

A chart showing the divide between $53 billion and $189 billion going to those making less or more than $120k.
The full $243 billion put into perspective.

  • Average salary: $1,769.8 per week (ABS)
  • Rose Bay median house price: $5.5 million (REA Group)
  • Gulfstream G650ER: $66.5 million USD (Corporate Jet Investor)
  • Brisbane pedestrian bridge, Kangaroo Point: $190 million (ABC)
  • Royal Adelaide Hospital: $2.4 billion (ABC)
  • BoM rebrand: $220,000 (ABC)
  • Stage-three tax cuts total cost: $243 billion (PBO)
  • Free university: $6.9 billion per year (Australia Institute)
  • Percentage of Australians making over $120,000: 14 per cent (ATO, Taxation statistics 2019–20)
  • Transport infrastructure spending over 10 years: $120 billion (Jim Chalmers)
  • Stage 3 tax cuts distributional analysis (Matt Grudnoff, Australia Institute; derived from PBO)
  • Raising JobSeeker to $958 a fortnight: $75 billion over 10 years (PBO Build Your Own Budget Tool). (Ben Phillips from ANU has estimated the cost of increase at $67 billion)
  • Halved fuel excise for six months in 2022: $5.6 billion (Budget review 2022-23)
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