THE true state of the nation's finances will be revealed in a Treasury estimate of the budget deficit .
DESPITE an efficiency drive and $25 million in budget cuts, the Defence Department will actually cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
IT'S tough finding benefits in a Budget that slashes rather than spends, but there are always areas to improve or protect your finances.
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VOTERS support the Budget's social reforms, with 65 per cent backing Gonski funding and more than half backing the Medicare levy rise.
THE BUDGET REPLY: Tony Abbott says carbon tax compensation will stay even when the tax goes, but someone will have to pay.
TONY Abbott says he can't guarantee that everyone will be better off under a Coalition government but power prices will decline.