Budget week is time for Dutton to roll a few Jaffas down the aisle

For obvious reasons, not least the proximity of the next election, next week’s federal budget will be an important event for the Albanese government.

The big political picture will be a composite of the Future Made in Australia Act, the delivery of a second successive surplus, the cost-of-living focus and the economic outlook, much of which has already been rolled out or forecast.