The NSW government expects to bring in $810 million in fines next financial year, an increase of 25 per cent and more than the budget surplus.

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet on Tuesday announced a 2019/20 surplus of $802 million in a budget that kept wages capped at 2.5 per cent in the public sector, where thousands of jobs are also expected to be cut.

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet hands down his third state budget. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer

Mr Perrottet, who said he was “somebody who does not support an increase in fines for people across the state,” expects most of the $163 million increase in fines to come out of the roads and maritime sector.

He added the government had cut state parking fines by 25 per cent in last year’s budget, and pointed the finger at the majority of councils for not doing the same.