No change to budget day: Cormann

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has dismissed a report that suggested the government is considering handing down the budget earlier than May 10.

Treasurer Scott Morrison — The federal budget will be handed down on May 10 as scheduled. (AAP)

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Published 21 February 2016 2:44pm

Updated 22 February 2016 9:42pm

Source: AAP

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The federal budget will be handed down on May 10 as scheduled.

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann dismissed a Fairfax Media report which suggested an earlier date had been floated among senior members of the Turnbull government.

He told the Senate on Monday the treasurer would deliver the budget on the second Tuesday of May, a date scheduled since November.

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