Australia to take budget steps to absorb export shock: Treasurer
Perth
AUSTRALIA will take budget measures to cushion an economy facing its worst decline in terms of trade in more than half a century, Treasurer Joe Hockey said on Sunday, with the government poised to unveil large cuts to services and spending.
The budget cuts are expected to be announced on Monday alongside a mid-year economic outlook that will factor in the heavy hit Australia's resource-dependent economy has taken from a sharp fall in commodity prices in recent months.
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