Federal Budget 2014: Revisit our live blog with our experts and shadow treasurer Chris Bowen
OUR experts were joined by shadow treasurer Chris Bowen to take your questions on all things Budget-related this morning. See how it unfolded.
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POLITICS and economics are a heady brew.
They can leave one quite intoxicated, however — and never more so than post-Budget.
BUDGET 2014: Read all about it here
So our experts — Malcolm Farr, Jessica Irvine and John Rolfe — spent the morning cutting through the chaos and discussing exactly what the Abbott Government’s first Federal Budget means for Australia and for you.
Special guest, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, also joined in the conversation taking questions for 30 minutes.
See how it all unfolded below.
Originally published as Federal Budget 2014: Revisit our live blog with our experts and shadow treasurer Chris Bowen
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