Ms Chesters said it was frustrating there was no money for the Bendigo Airport terminal upgrade.

"We didn't receive extra funding for the Bendigo Airport terminal - in fact there has been no extra funding for local infrastructure at all," she said.

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"It's disappointing because they did fund the redevelopment and expansion of the Newcastle Airport (in NSW) - lots of money for Newcastle but no extra money for Bendigo.

"Our hospitality and tourism sector has been smashed by the pandemic. One way that would have helped those industries was to expand the airport so it could receive more flights from Qantas.

"Regional Victoria, central Victoria and Bendigo have missed out."

Ms Chesters said the budget appeared like an early election push by the federal government.

"It's definitely, in my opinion, a sweetener before the election. It's a Liberal government trying to be a very Labor government," she said.

"They have really missed an opportunity for genuine reform in key areas like childcare and aged care and our skills and training sector.

"You can see that by their commitments that it's not their natural strength and I fear there would be a lot of waste like for example aged care - a commitment of $10 a day per resident.

"They are not tying it to the actual care and the quality of the service being delivered."

The government's low-and middle-income-earner tax cuts will continue again in this budget, with individuals to receive an offset of up to $1080, while dual income couples can receive up to $2160.

Ms Chesters said some of the commitments were only short-term fixes.

"Take the tax cuts for example, the government has only extended them until after the next federal election," she said.

"They don't want to be seen lifting tax cuts and increasing taxes for low-income earners prior to the election. It's a marketing exercise."

Some positives for Ms Chesters included the introduction of a women's safety package of $1.1 billion.

The package will include financial support and emergency accommodation, with a further $376.2 million for legal support.

"There is some investment in women's health that we haven't seen in a while and that is welcomed but this need to go further," Ms Chesters said.

"The commitment around women's health is welcomed but it's not enough."

The budget also saw an extra $1.9 billion allocated to the vaccine rollout.

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Ms Chesters hoped the extra funding would help the federal government "get it right".

"I really hope the government can achieve it. The government has just stuffed up the rollout royally and it's only the state governments that have stepped in to save them with the vaccination clinics," she said.

"The government has left our GPs down, pharmacists down, Australian public down and it has created a lot of fear and anxiety around the vaccine that just wasn't needed.

"I am just very sceptical (the government) can deliver the rollout, it says it is going to but it has made so many commitments and promises in this space.

"Like every Australian, my fingers are crossed and I am hoping they finally get this right."

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