The expectations of Scott Morrison and his Treasurer Josh Frydenberg repeating their Houdini-like escape from the political pickle they are in with Tuesday’s budget are low.
The template was the 2019 budget, similarly moved forward to set up a run to the election a couple of weeks later on the back of a bald claim that the Australian government was “back in black” and there were surpluses as far as the eye could see – certainly in every year of the forward estimates including this year.
