A recently re-elected state government is tipped to focus on managing growing debt rather than cost of living relief when its budget is handed down. A state government is walking a budget citotrope as it grapples with the need to deliver cost of living relief while managing a bottom line saddled with growing debt. South Australian Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis will deliver his fifth budget on Thursday, marking his first since 2017 when state net debt stood at $6.1 billion [...]