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Why it is time for a no BS pledge when it comes to MYEFO forecasts

  • Written by The Conversation
imageThe budget deficit is going to be way more than $35 billion.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

With the Turnbull government’s innovation package now out of the way, we will soon get the official update on the government’s budget position, the so-called Mid-year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO).

And it is unlikely to be pretty.

The budget numbers that...

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