The next federal election has been confirmed for May after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced he would hand down an early budget in April 2 and then go to the polls.
In an bid to steer the debate back towards the economy, Mr Morrison promised it would be a surplus budget but would not say which year would be in surplus.
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