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It’s a budget we’ll be talking about for a long time, as we head to the next election and try to escape the cost of living crisis. But even though the budget is only 36 hours old, we’re starting to see the early criticisms from rival politicians emerge.
So, has Labor spent enough to ease the cost of living? Or spent too much? And do the critics have plans of their own that would actually benefit Australians?
Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno on where the battle lines are being drawn.

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Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno.

Jim Chalmers delivered what could be the most important budget of his political career last night. But how much will it help with the cost of living and how will we feel the impact?
Today, chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Barlow on the budget that’s attempting to reshape Australia’s response to the living crisis.

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Guest: Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Karen Barlow 

It’s budget week, which means crunch time for the leaders tasked with tackling how expensive Australia is right now.
And the thing we’re all talking about is our grocery bills, why food seems to cost more each time we visit the supermarket.
Today, national affairs correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe on what some call the great price gouge and whether the government is doing enough to address the rising cost of putting food on our plates.

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Guest: National affairs correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe

This week, as the federal budget is handed down, we’re bringing you The Cost: Inside the living crisis.
We’ll explore the impact this crisis is having on our country, why it just isn’t ending and whether our leaders are doing enough to protect our standard of living.
Today, executive director of the Australia Institute Richard Denniss on when prices will finally stop going up – and the kind of country we risk becoming once the crisis is finally over.

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Guest: Executive director of the Australia Institute, Richard Denniss

The tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother, the double-murder of a Surry Hills couple, the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial and now the spike in domestic violence.
These are some of the biggest stories in Australia over the past 12 months, and all of them have drawn in one very powerful woman – Karen Webb, the commissioner of the NSW Police Force.
The veteran cop has found herself at press conferences and interviews having to defend herself and the force to a national audience.
Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton, on who Karen Webb really is and how she climbed her way through the vipers nest of the NSW police.

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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton

One of Australia’s favourite shows has a contentious sponsor this year.
MasterChef, a show that delivers fairytale stories of home cooks rising to national celebrity, is being supported by the gas industry.
So what does big gas want with MasterChef? And what are they paying for?
Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe, on the fight over the future of our kitchens and whether the gas industry can survive their next major elimination challenge. 

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Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe