$42b Australian economic stimulus package approved

[smh] "About $12 billion in one-off cash bonuses to low and middle-income families and workers will be paid from mid-March while the states and Canberra can begin rolling out more than $28 billion worth of spending on school repairs and upgrades, building new homes and providing free ceiling insulation."

Spend my hard earned tax dollars wisely, my fellow Australians. Spend it on restaurants, local food, local beers; pay someone to do your ironing and your gardening. Whatever you do, don't you dare save it for a rainy day or make an extra payment on your mortgage.