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What do the political and economic analysts make of the 2013 federal budget? Crikey wraps the commentary from the websites and newspapers.

Crikey readers talk economics, the upcoming budget and the tragedy of duck shooting.

Christine Milne has reiterated her commitment to moving the economic focus to households and quality of life in her budget reply.

We were promised a Labor budget and we got one, at least Labor in its modern sense of a managerialist party that still faintly remembers the old nostrums of equity and opportunity that form what’s left of its core values.

Swan’s very clear message to the RBA is that it can easily cut interest rates knowing that government demand will be dampening demand and inflation pressures over the forecast horizon, writes economist Stephen Koukoulas.

The 2012-13 surplus has been preserved, at the cost of moving spending around, but Europe is still a huge threat to the economy.

The government has unveiled a range of spending cuts but they won’t stop a big blowout in this year’s budget deficit.

This year there has been a striking — but completely unnoticed — correlation between the federal government’s mental health initiatives and the dominant theme in Australian films. Luke Buckmaster explains.

Joe Hockey’s budget reply address was a ludicrous quasi economic lecture capped off by a grilling from the press gallery, writes Greg Jericho.

Crikey readers have their say.

In the first of a series of post-budget reports, Fiona Armstrong and Laura Eadie from the Centre for Policy Development explore options to encourage innovation and roll out less mature renewable energy technologies.

Crikey reads have tehir say.

Reportage of the federal budget was generally of a high quality, but some media outlets were sidetracked by the pointless question of who is rich and who is not, writes Greg Jericho.

The low figures for the Treasurer’s speech and then the 7.30 discussion program at 8pm, plus Lateline and Lateline Business tells us that viewers were bored.