Federal budget 2017: Reporting shake-up sparks debt spree concerns

By Peter Martin, James Massola
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:45pm, first published April 27 2017 - 6:33pm

Leading economists have expressed unease about a budget change that would allow the government to all but eliminate the deficit within two years while borrowing to help build projects including a rail link to Sydney's second airport and a rail line from Melbourne to Brisbane.

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