KEY INITIATIVES IN ACT 2020/21 BUDGET:
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* Big Canberra Battery - $100 million over the next five years to deliver at least 250 megawatts of new 'large-scale' battery storage system capacity across the ACT.
* ACT Hardship Fund - The program, established to provide financial assistance for those impacted by COVID-19 and ineligible for other support, is being extended to June 30, 2021, but with total funding reducing from $1.25 million to $750,000.
* Future Jobs Fund - An initial $9.2 million over two years to help finance projects that create and protect local jobs in tertiary education, research and key industry sectors such as space, renewable energy and cybersecurity.
* Payroll tax deferrals for universities - Payroll tax deferrals of up to $10 million per university to ease cashflow pressures.
* Free registration for zero emissions vehicles - $5.15 million for two years free registration for zero emissions vehicles registered during May 2021 to June 2024.
* COVID-19 public health response - $26.5 million over two years, including health, education and hotel quarantine fees.
* COVID-19 vaccination program - $20.4 million over four years to deliver vaccine rollout and associated costs for operating clinics.
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing - $1.6 million over four years.
* Mobile device detection cameras - $9.7 million over four years as part of road safety program and to support law enforcement activities.
* Light Rail Stage 2 - $1.3 million for feasibility study to assess the viability of extending light rail.
Australian Associated Press