Treasurer admits defeat on budget surplus

By Clancy Yeates
Updated December 21 2012 - 1:47am, first published 12:41am

Wayne Swan has ditched his long-held promise to deliver a balanced budget this financial year, saying a ''sledgehammer hit'' to government revenue meant a return to surplus was unlikely without resorting to damaging spending cuts.

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