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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget update

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on the mid-year budget updateThe 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 Conversation

The 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...

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