The Australian Financial Review | Budget goes backwards by at least $80 billion since Coalition elected The Australian Financial Review The government has pushed back at suggestions it had dropped the ball on budget repair. Andrew Meares. by Laura Tingle and Phillip Coorey. The federal budget's forecast bottom line has gone backwards by at least $80 billion since the Coalition came to ... Abbott and Hockey scramble to survive a political train wreck Job done: Tony Abbott promises dull budget, but when did Australia's debt ... |