Who will prosper and who will pay as a result of Andrew Barr's eighth budget?
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Winners
Cricket fans: Funding to host five women's matches at Manuka Oval during next year's Twenty20 World Cup.
Gungahlin kids: A new primary and high school to be built in the north, and research carried out on whether a new college is needed.
Empty-nesters: Pensioners will receive a heavy discount on stamp duty if they move to a smaller home.
Casual public servants: Funding to review the government workforce to identify temporary roles that can become permanent jobs.
Birds and bees: At least 17,000 more trees planted to replenish Canberra's urban forests.
Home buyers: Rates on houses and units are rising fast but the silver lining is the effect on affordability. Higher land taxes and lower stamp duty means cheaper housing.
Losers
Dodgy builders: Building inspectors to get an extra $2 million a year to check the quality of constructions and ensure builders are compling with standards.
Tax-avoiders: Revenue Office will beef up scrutiny of taxpayers, and expects to pull in an extra $4 million a year from tax-avoiders.
Pubs and clubs: Venues with pokies to give more of their machines' revenue to community groups, costing them an extra $800,000 a year in total.
Speed demons: Several offline traffic cameras will return to service. Bad drivers are expected to donate more than $4 million in fines than they did last year.
Car-park squatters: The recent completion of several developments means more parking will be available ... and more parking fines collected. The Treasury predicts that drivers who flout parking regulations will pay an extra $4 million.
Unit owners: Apartment and townhouse owners face an average rates increase of 11 per cent (as high as 18 per cent in Barton), as the ACT continues to abolish stamp duties and other fees in favour of land taxes.
