Surplus: Representatives Election and Budget

surplus: The prime minister says the April 2 budget papers will show a surplus, the size of which will be clearer in the mid-year budget review on December 17, according to Nine News Australia. This would allow for a half-Senate and full House of Representatives election on May 11 or 18. To improve your experience update it here News National Budget brought forward, election in May4 07pm Nov 27, Morrison will deliver an early budget to allow for a May election, assuming his coalition government can hold together that long. It is absolutely our intention to have the budget before the election and to deliver a surplus budget, a surplus budget that we promised to deliver, Mr Morrison told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg stressed a strong economy was a means to an end, rather than an end in itself. The timing will give the coalition an opportunity to talk up its economic strengths before Australians head to the polls. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.