Malcom (and Joe’s) Budget night: a picture galleryHappy snaps from Malcolm Turnbull’s Budget night posted to Flickr — ooh is that Malcolm tweeting?
Budget 09 multimedia
Video of the Day: Guy Rundle does the Budget
Guy Rundle, Crikey commentator and Geelong light rail enthusiast, goes behind the scenes as one stooge after another reacts to the Budget to get their soundbite in today’s newspapers.
VIDEO: A post-Budget chat
An hour after Budget, Bernard Keane, John Quiggin and Guy Rundle discuss Budget 09 from Parliament House.
Ross Gittins: This was subtle and sneaky 
VIDEO: Chris Mitchell sidles up to the Treasurer
In this footage posted on the News website, editor in chief of The Australian Chris Mitchell reveals his interest in Treasurer Wayne Swan’s Budget lock-up warbling.
LIVE: Wayne Swan’s Budget speech streaming now
Ahead of even the ABC’s broadcast, Brisbane News streams Swan’s song.
Wayne’s come a long way…
Remember when the newly minted Treasurer was teased mercilessly in Parliament for his performance? The time was February, 2008…
The tax slug — a literal interpretation
Helen at Lav Prod pictures the Tax Slug in a more glass-half-full way than Herald Sun readers.
Play the budget game!
Can you do a better job than Wayne Swan at deciding the budget? Play the Instabudget game - choose your own deficit. Tax the rich as much as you want.
Behind the Budget with Wayne Swan
Treasurer Wayne Swan gets behind the wheel and tours the neighbourhood as he explains how different this year’s Budget feels to last year’s. Key quote: “Wayne Swan’s been extraordinary”.
Budget night’s cast of characters
Swanny puts all your favourite political characters in a video tribute. The Swanz. Godzillard. And Joe Hockey as a Baywatch spunk.
Video: it’s the Budget Countdown
Crikey’s Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane and John Quiggin make some predictions before going into the Budget lockdown.
Paul Kelly: a video preview of Budget 09
Why the Budget will be so politically challenging for the Rudd government.
