NSW budget deficit blows out to $19.5b

By Tiffanie Turnbull
Updated December 16 2021 - 9:36am, first published 9:31am
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has predicted a surge in the budget deficit to nearly $20 billion.
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has predicted a surge in the budget deficit to nearly $20 billion.

The NSW government budget deficit is expected to more than double to $19.5 billion, but Treasurer Matt Kean says the state's accounts remain structurally sound.

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