{"id":427539,"date":"2026-05-13T14:09:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T04:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1432950"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T04:09:30","slug":"budget-flags-40m-for-airline-competition-and-consumer-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=427539","title":{"rendered":"Budget flags $40m+ for airline competition and consumer protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYxIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1427837 wp-post-1432950\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/1755653845369_ttoqxl\/1755653845369_ttoqxl.jpg\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1768969345\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 361\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>In the 2026 Budget, announced this week, $38.1 million over four years from 2026\u201327 and $7.3 million per year ongoing was earmarked for the government\u2019s consumer protection priorities, as well as $4.5 million over four years to continue the ACCC\u2019s domestic airline monitoring program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 2026 Budget, announced this week, $38.1 million over four years from 2026\u201327 and $7.3 million per year ongoing was earmarked for the government\u2019s consumer protection priorities, as well as $4.5 million over four years to continue the ACCC\u2019s dome&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,312,473,471],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-427539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-aviation","category-industry","category-news","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427540,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427539\/revisions\/427540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=427539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=427539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}