The Rudd government ignored pre-budget advice from Treasury telling it to delay delivering its $32 billion tax package, it has been revealed.
Labor's first budget in 13 years was billed by the government as one that would fight inflation and put downward pressure on interest rates.
But Seven News says it has found the government was told by Treasury in the lead-up to the budget in May that it should delay delivering the tax cuts, or risk an increase in consumer spending and a rise in inflation.
Seven says the details are in documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws.