Finance Minister Jim Chalmers announced a larger-than-expected surplus for the 2023-24 budget, exceeding the $9.3 billion proposed in the federal budget in May.
While official figures will be released in September, Dr Chalmers predicted that he believed a larger surplus in the “mid-teens” was to be expected, which would put “downward pressure on inflation in our economy”.
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