Achieving a budget surplus ‘is not easy’

Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor says a budget surplus “is not easy” to achieve. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed the unemployment rate for March has risen to 3.8 per cent. The updated figures show a 0.1 per cent rise in unemployment since February. Mr O’Connor told Sky News Australia that the Albanese government delivered “the first surplus in this country in 15 years”. “I know the treasurer and the finance minister, prime minister, and others are working hard to make sure we manage it.”