This week On the Money: The federal budget is only a week away, and is shaping up to be an important platform for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s election campaign launch. With the government falling behind in the polls, can the budget provide the drastic turn around Turnbull needs? The nation is pessimistic, with only 10 per cent of voters thinking the budget will be good for them personally. So will the budget bring any good news?  From business, to health and education, our special pre-budget panel will prepare you for the best and the worst.

Show features:

• Dr Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics
• Dr Peter Chen, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sydney
• Dr David Bond, Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Technology Sydney

Producers: Roderick Chambers and Vincent Su

Executive Producer: Catherine Zengerer