Prime Minister Scott Morrison must take the country to an election before the end of May, so the Treasurer is promising tax cuts and infrastructure spending and still delivering the surplus.
Treasurer Frydenberg says this Budget delivers on the promises made in previous Coalition Budgets, taking the country's accounts back into positive territory and putting Australia back on track.
The Federal Opposition says the Budget is underwhelming and the forecast surplus comes at the expense of people who should be receiving funding under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
The government has NOT spent all the money it had allocated for the NDIS which has freed up funds to make up a portion of the surplus.
Labor's Treasury spokesman Chris Bowen has told the ABC the budget is underwhelming and the surplus is not what it seems.
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