The 2014 Australian federal budget was the federal budget to fund government services and operations for the 2014/15 financial year. The 2014 budget was the first delivered by the Abbott government, since the Coalition's victory in the 2013 Australian federal election. Treasurer Joe Hockey presented the budget to the House of Representatives on 13 May 2014.
Protestors at 18 May 2014 anti-budget march in Melbourne.
Nick Xenophon is an Australian politician and lawyer who was a Senator for South Australia from 2008 to 2017. He was the leader of two political parties: Nick Xenophon Team federally, and Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST in South Australia.
Xenophon speaks to the media in a courtyard of Parliament House, Canberra.
Xenophon in September 2008
Xenophon calling for a Royal Commission into the Australia-East Timor spying scandal in November 2015.