Aged care, mental health and family violence spending headlined Tuesday's 2021 federal budget.
But while some portfolios and policy areas dominated discussion and attention, there were plenty of others that fell under the radar.
Here's a look at six of them.
New residents will soon have to wait four years for welfare access
The government has announced it will apply a consistent four-year waiting period across most welfare payments before new Australian residents can access them.
, expected to save the government $671.1 million over five years, is set to apply to those granted residency from 1 January 2022.
The government says it will redirect the savings to other “policy priorities.”
ASIO is getting a bumper cash injection
$1.3 billion over ten years has been set aside for Australia’s spy agency to protect Australia from “threats to our security”.
The government says the move will better the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s ability “to identify and respond to threats in a more complex security environment”.
The government is looking to clear the migrant and refugee appeals backlog
With migration and refugee cases continuing to flood the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, $54.8 million has been pledged over four years to help clear the significant backlog.
In the 10 months to 30 April 2021, the median time it was taking for cases to be finalised by the tribunal was 96 weeks.
Stranded Australians are being offered ‘additional support’
Nearly $120 million over the next four years is set to boost Australia’s “consular capability” and provide “additional support” to vulnerable stranded Australians overseas.
The number of stranded Australians overseas registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as wanting to return home is more than 30,000.
There are also around 9,000 Australians wishing to return home from coronavirus-ravaged India, including at least 900 classed as vulnerable.
Nearly $3 million is being put toward Holocaust education
The government says it will spend $55.5 million over three years on new projects under its Community Development Grants Programme.
Two Holocaust education centres will share nearly $3 million in funding – the Canberra Holocaust Museum and Education Centre and Tasmanian Holocaust Education and Interpretation Centre in Hobart.
The Office for Women is having its funding cut
In a budget the government says is delivering an “unprecedented boost” to services supporting women, the Office for Women is set for a cut.
The office, which sits in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and "works across government to deliver policies and programmes to advance gender equality", is set for a $7.1 million funding cut next financial year.
