This Year’s Budget Is Just Damage Control For A Dysfunctional Government The government botched looking after older people, so it needs to paper over that. It’s embroiled in multiple rape scandals, so it’s throwing money at women in the hopes we'll forget about them. We missed you too. Sign up to our newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter, so you always know where to find us. Chances are you were doing something more enjoyable than watching Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s speech last night. In that case, you missed him saying that being Australian is all about “helping those who need it most”. Except if they’re poor or refugees, obviously.