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A book, a calculator and a hip flask

Tips on surviving budget lock-up

5 April 2025

9:00 AM

5 April 2025

9:00 AM

Each year I ponder whether my attendance at the budget lock-up will be my last. Can I really take another several hours being incarcerated in a dusty room poring through politically concocted nonsense – also known as the Budget Papers?

But then I see those eager young faces – fewer each year because legacy media is under siege – who regard the event as akin to going to the Royal Show.

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