2 Min Read SYDNEY, May 11 (Reuters) - Australia’s conservative government will ditch decades of deficit warnings to embrace billions in new spending in its annual budget on Tuesday, saying a record shortfall is necessary to “secure” the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg touted investment in skills and infrastructure, aged care and women’s safety among a shopping list of new plans in what is likely to be the last budget before a general election, due by mid-2022. “We must secure Australia’s economic recovery,” Frydenberg said on national TV. “Tonight’s Budget will do exactly that.”