From the Australian Financial Review (article appears to be not gated):
- The Australian government is looking for savings to cover $6 billion or more in forecast revenue estimated to have been lost since the May budget
- have promised a surplus by 2016/17
- The Expenditure Review Committee met on Monday, scheduled to meet again on Wednesday or Thursday
- The aim is to cut hard enough to meet the return-to-surplus timetable outlined by the government in the May budget
