Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has revised down the next four years of projected budget surpluses as a slowing economy wipes $22 billion from the government’s May forecast.
The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal update, released on Monday, revealed the economic outlook was
worse than expected, with growth forecast for wages and the economy also drastically downgraded.
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