Blocked savings measures worth $12bn and cost blowouts in the national disability insurance scheme pose ‘significant fiscal challenge’, department says

The finance department has warned the re-elected Turnbull government that a number of “significant downside risks” may prevent its planned slim surplus in 2020.

The risks include blocked “zombie” budget savings measures and cost blowouts in the national disability insurance scheme.

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