"We're past crisis point."
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"It is taking a little bit more time than we wanted."
But the Finance Minister says there are "literally hundreds of thousands of thousands of families... better-off as a consequence of our tax package".
The word science wasn't mentioned once in the Finance Minister's Budget speech.
And officials have warned 9000 families will lose $1 a week as a result of a quirk in our tax and benefit systems.
Cameron Bagrie warns the country "ain't seen nothing yet".
"Friend, will you donate some of your tax cut to Labour?"
Barbara Edmonds was four years old when her mum died from liver cancer.
