Budget 2020: Free school lunches to feed 200,000 kids, as part of $1b Government support package

Budget 2020: Free school lunches to feed 200,000 kids, as part of $1b Government support package

The Government, in its 2020 Budget announced on Thursday, promised to spend $220 million on the free school lunch programme, feeding an additional 200,000 children and creating an estimated 2000 jobs. The school lunch programme, launched in 2019, currently feeds 8000 children.