Turnbull government claws back $4 billion from budget deficit

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated September 27 2017 - 3:23pm, first published 3:17pm
Australian Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann (left) and Treasurer Scott Morrison during a press conference in Sydney, Tuesday, September 26, 2017. The federal government's final budget outcome for 2016/17 was a deficit of $33.2 billion and an improvement on its May forecast. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING
Australian Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann (left) and Treasurer Scott Morrison during a press conference in Sydney, Tuesday, September 26, 2017. The federal government's final budget outcome for 2016/17 was a deficit of $33.2 billion and an improvement on its May forecast. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING
Generic scenes at Clontarf Reserve. NDIS, disability, disabled, wheelchair, carers. Thursday 4th May 2017 AFR photo Louie Douvis .
Generic scenes at Clontarf Reserve. NDIS, disability, disabled, wheelchair, carers. Thursday 4th May 2017 AFR photo Louie Douvis .

The Turnbull government has clawed back $4 billion from the budget deficit by making billions of dollars in savings from payments to disabled people, students and the unemployed.

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