Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The forecast for Australia's economic growth in 2019-20 has been cut by 0.25%, and the projected surplus for this financial year slashed by A$2.1 billion.The ConversationThe mid-year budget update has seen the government downgrading its forecast for Australia’s economic growth in 2019-20 by 0.25%, and slashing the projected surplus by A$2.1...