Grit backbencher challenges finance department’s figures: Shepherd says government’s $11.5b surplus comes from increasing tax revenues, not from spending cuts

MPs are not getting clear and accurate information on the government's finances in the just-released federal finance minister's $156-billion budget, says the chair of the Liberals' Economic Development Caucus.

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