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Matt Kean to deliver a budget that ‘pushes the boundaries’

Samantha HutchinsonNational reporter

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The NSW government could delay a return to surplus according to Treasurer Matt Kean, who has vowed to keep “pushing the boundaries” on policy and the pace of infrastructure spending in his first NSW budget.

The firebrand Liberal factional powerbroker said the scale of the government’s reform agenda would not shrink even as inflation rose and labour and skills shortages bit.

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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au

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