In two weeks Treasurer Scott Morrison will hand down his first Budget. The mainstream media has started hurling speculation at us as to what it might or might not contain, but at this early stage we can be totally certain of just two things: there will be another deficit and the average punter will miss out (again).
But you can still be a winner.
With thanks to the generosity of an anonymous AIMN donour we are awarding prizes to the closest guesses of how much the deficit will be. If you guess the deficit or are the nearest to it, the first prize of $250 is all yours. Second prize is $150, and third place gets $100.
In the event of a draw, the prize will be awarded to the earliest entry.
You may submit a maximum of four entries, however each entry must be submitted separately, which you can do via the comments section below.
The competition is open to everybody and will close as soon as the deficit is announced by Scott Morrison on Budget night, May 3.
What will be in the Budget? Apart from what the media is teasing us about here has been speculation it will be an ‘election Budget’, in other words it might have a bit of ‘vote buying’ in it somewhere. And will it address the debt the government has been bemoaning about since winning office but done nothing about? Time will tell.
So start researching and start guessing. You have plenty of time, however the earliest you can get your answer in – the better are your chances of winning. Then again, the later you get your answers in and the Budget leaks are making the news – so too do you have a better chance of winning.
Tricky, isn’t it?
The winners will be announced the day after the Budget is handed down, and the lucky people will be contacted via the email address they supplied with their comments.
Good luck, everyone.
