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Three critical tests for Budget 2016: how does it fare?

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There are three critical tests for this year’s budget. Is it serious about repairing Australia’s ongoing structural budget deficits? Does it make much of a difference to economic growth? And is it fair?

Budget repair

Over the last year, the bottom line got worse. The long-promised return to surplus receded another year over the horizon....

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