📖 Narrative

"Costello and every other treasurer – Wayne Swan, Joe Hockey, Josh Frydenberg and Jim Chalmers – who has released an intergenerational report have warned that the nation would eventually face sizeable budget deficits. Costello’s two reports forecast surpluses before running into deficits that would ultimately hit 5 per cent of GDP."

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