Mr Wilkie was aggrieved by the government's supposed failure to address issues in his electorate, while at the same time pumping money into Bass and Braddon, the Liberal-held seats in the state's North.

While he commended the government for investing more into aged care, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, mental health, childcare and other areas, Mr Wilkie lashed what he said was blatant pork-barrelling in Bass and Braddon.

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"Tasmanians in particular will be disgusted but hardly surprised by the pork barrelling in the budget," he said.

"For instance the government is again throwing millions at the highways in the marginal seats of Bass and Braddon, while failing to address the traffic congestion in Hobart, urgency of setting up the Antarctic precinct at Macquarie Point and undertaking the next stage of the Royal Hobart Hospital rebuild.

"What's left to do on the Bass Highway anyway? Diamond-encrusted cat's eyes?"

Franklin Labor MHR Julie Collins said the budget was a "con job".

"The Hobart Airport roundabout upgrade in my own electorate was promised more than five years ago but construction is only just underway," Ms Collins said. "The Bridgewater Bridge doesn't even have a finalised design."

"Tasmanians just don't trust the Morrison government to deliver.

"All public funding should be invested to benefit all Tasmanians."

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Bass Liberal MHR Bridget Archer said the budget would "rebuild the economy and create more jobs to ensure we come back stronger from the COVID-19-induced recession".

"As we look to secure our economic recovery, it's important that the basics, such as keeping women and children safe against family and domestic violence, ensuring our elderly can live with dignity and respect and making certain that our community has greater access to health services is part of this plan," Mrs Archer said.

She pointed to the $5 million in the budget for the establishment of a Veteran Wellbeing Centre in Tasmania and the additional $67.7 million for the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme as examples of the government investing in the state.

The government will also spend $322 million over eight years on the state's road infrastructure. It was revealed in the budget that only $4 million of that would be spent in the next financial year.

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