Blue Mountains residents are set to benefit from sensible cost of living relief as outlined in the Budget handed down by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday.

Federal member for Macquarie, Susan Templeman says there will be tangible benefits for people with the government delivering on her key election commitments.

“It’s our first Budget since forming Government and we’re wasting no time in delivering on those big ticket items like cheaper childcare, investment in cheaper, cleaner renewable energy, cheaper medicines and action to get wages moving again,” Ms Templeman said.

“Those Budget measures will make a real difference to families with young children, with more than 6000 families in the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury better off from our child care policy alone.”

In addition Ms Templeman says the Budget delivers on her election commitments including $4.95 million for disaster recovery and preparation funding across the electorate and $1 million for the Central Tablelands and Blue Mountains Community legal Centre in Katoomba to assist natural disaster victims.

“Additional road funding, separate to the flood and storm road funding already available to Council, has been announced in the budget, with $12.5 million for local road upgrades in the Blue Mountains.

“There are many other exciting initiatives in the budget for the Blue Mountains including the first community battery for the area, which will allow Blaxland East residents with solar  panels to store their energy, meaning cheaper electricity bills for them."

Ms Templeman said small business also receives support through an energy savings grant program for small and medium sized businesses, to reduce energy use and lower energy bills. 

“We won’t pretend that repairing the budget is an easy job, but we’ve shown that, as good economic managers, we will take the hard decisions to start that work.  

“And the inflation pressures Australia is facing will continue to impact family budgets for some time, but we’ve been very careful not to send inflation even higher by short-term sugar hits.  

“I’m very proud that Labor’s first Budget begins to put things right for Australia, but there’s more to do.”