NEWS.com.au | Budget 2017: Turnbull Government aims to distance itself from Tony Abbott ABC Online One of the primary objectives of the 2017-18 budget is likely to be to put some distance — politically and in terms of economic policy — between the Turnbull Government and its predecessor, that of former prime minister Tony Abbott. The Abbott ... As Government heads to half a trillion in debt it prepares to spend even more Here's how the politics of the budget might play out for a government in trouble |