Wondering how the ACT Budget affects you? Here are five key takeaways

There were few surprises in today’s ACT Budget, one heralded by ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr as a fiscal plan to stimulate the territory’s COVID-19 recovery.

The economic plan is centred around infrastructure and transport growth, comprising the second stage of light rail, and new bridges, roads suburbs and schools.

But at a hip-pocket level, little will change for the average Canberran in the coming few months.

Here’s what it all means for you:

1. You can keep that money in your wallet… for now

For most Canberrans, life will appear unchanged to what we have grown accustomed to over the past few months.

The rates rebate introduced when the city’s…