The Budget reveals what the Government believes economic recovery looks like — smaller government, tighter spending and vocational over academic investment.

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Analysis - Trying to please everyone will prove a near-impossible task for the Finance Minister when she delivers her third Budget on Thursday.

The government's cuts, savings and new spending will be revealed in this year's Budget.

The finance minister used her election-year Budget to preach prudence and discipline, with the books now forecast to be back in black a year earlier than picked.

ANALYSIS: The coalition's election year Budget had been promoted as a "tough love" plan, delivering "the basics", while demanding belt-tightening across the state sector.

Analysis - So, Nicola Willis has stuck to her word. There is indeed no election year surprise.

The Finance Minister has used her last budget of the term to preach discipline, as she eyes a surplus on the horizon.

There's a health spend-up, a new highway, cuts to government departments and a surplus on the horizon - here's what you need to know about this year's Budget.

Analysis: Nine charts show how a combination of cuts and predictions of better times to come gave the finance minister her surplus show-stopper.

The Budget reveals what the Government believes economic recovery looks like — smaller government, tighter spending and vocational over academic investment.

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