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Australia's federal treasurer Joe Hockey (L) works on his budget papers with finance minister Mathias Cormann at Parliament House in Canberra on May 13, 2014. Australian Prime Tony Abbott worked to sell his government's first budget as one that will be painful but crucial for the nation's future as he braces for a voter backlash. AFP PHOTO

What goes on in Budget lock-up?

RIGHT now hundreds of journalists are under lock and key trying to understand the Federal Budget. Once they’re in they can’t go out. So what happens in there?

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What $7 means to one Aussie family

What $7 means to one Aussie family

TO JOE Hockey, the $7 fee to visit a doctor, introduced in the Budget, is just “two middies of beer”. But for this Melbourne mum it is nappies or fuel, and she can’t afford both.

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