MORE than $4 million has been allocated to upgrade the Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor from the 2015 Federal Budget.
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Treasurer Joe Hockey presented his second budget on Tuesday night and the Southern Highlands is expected to receive a boost in several areas.
Member for Hume Angus Taylor said the Hume had one "extremely well" and secured "much needed" budget infrastructure funding for local works.
"The budget has allocated $4.6 million for upgrading of Berrima Road under Round One of the National Stronger Regions Fund," Mr Taylor said.
"Many Hume commuters travel along Berrima Road between Berrima and Moss Vale."
Other infrastructure initiatives announced include the Stronger Communities Program which allocates $150,000 per electorate annually for two years for capital projects between $1000 and $20,000. The second program is the Community Development Grants Fund which allocates $50 million over three years from 2015/16 to 2017/18.
Mr Taylor welcomed the Jobs for Families package. The changes include an additional $3.5 billion investment over five years to childcare, a subsidy of 85 per cent on childcare fees and the child care subsidy will be determined by a stronger activity test.
"There are many winners in this budget, not the least, the families of the Southern Highlands and in particular women trying to get back into work," he said.
However, Member for Throsby Stephen Jones said there weren't many winners in this year's budget.
"The losers will be any person who relies on our health and education systems because some $80 billion has been cut from our schools and hospitals," Mr Jones said.
"This government just doesn't seem committed to health services in regional areas, which is particularly concerning to me.
"It has also cut more than $960 million from a range of health programs, including the Rural Health Outreach Fund."
Mr Jones said some pensioners would receive a boost and youth now had to wait four weeks instead of the proposed six months to access the dole.
"But this is a change that should never have been considered in the first place by this government, I think it is finally dawning on them how out of touch they are," he said.
"This budget confirms that the government remains 100 per cent committed to freezing Medicare rebates until 2018, so expect visits to the local doctor to become more and more expensive in coming years."
Following last year's budget which was widely thought of as unfair, Australian economist John Hewson said this budget was an attempt to stimulate the economy.
"The concessions to small businesses are significant and beneficial to tradies and people who own their own small business here in the Highlands," Mr Hewson said.
The small business package includes tax break purchases up to $20,000, tax cut of 1.5 per cent for small companies and the removal of fringe benefits tax on mobile devices.
"The benefits are fairly generous and should have a positive effect on Highlanders," Mr Hewson said.
"The budget hasn't cut superannuation and there have been small changes to pension which would leave a lot of retirees in the Highlands relieved."