While some of the Liberals' pre-election fiscal policies will benefit Bass voters, the electorate appears to have been forgotten with new project-specific commitments for 2019-20.

Announcements for key projects were confirmation of existing commitments - such as $47 million in Launceston City Deal funding to help clean up the polluted Tamar River. Some will benefit from the shift in tax brackets, the instant asset write-off will help Northern Tasmanian small businesses and a plan for 80,000 new apprenticeships should flow on to jobseekers.

And in Lyons, the $24 million upgrade to Birralee Main Road is overdue and significant for industries such as farming and forestry.

Apart from that, the budget has done nothing but leave Liberal candidate Bridget Archer on the backfoot heading into May's election battle against Labor MHR Ross Hart. Especially when you take into account the drying up of funds for Launceston's John L Grove Rehabilitation Centre, a service many Tasmanians fought to keep alive at the 2016 poll.

The centre does have stage funding but it's unclear what impacts cutting off federal funds from 2019-20 will have.

Despite the Coalition wanting to keep its economic credibility in tact with a modest budget, you would have thought a marginal and volatile seat like Bass would have been treated better.

One can only think and hope Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his team plan on rolling out commitments for projects such as an AMC defence precinct, an adequate Tamar Valley sewerage system, Invermay traffic solutions, the FermenTasmania Centre and a population program to help increase the working age population in Northern Tasmania will come during the election campaign.

That said, the pressure is now on Labor to deliver a solid plan for Bass for the next three years and beyond with helping get meaningful projects off the ground that will benefit future generations.