Ahead of Tuesday’s budget, SBS News spoke with a range of people about what they hoped it would contain.
The day after, we asked them how satisfied they were.
Raj and Joti Pandya, for begin with, kept a keen eye on the announcement. The family pays more than $600 a week for four-year-old son Ishaan's daycare.
They receive an annual childcare rebate of $7,500 a year, which usually runs out after just six months, and they were hoping the budget would bring some financial relief.
In last year's budget, the government announced one new childcare subsidy would replace the benefit and rebate in July 2017.
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It also announced low income families would receive 85 per cent of their childcare costs per child, while high income earners would have the cap increased to $10,000.
The Pandyas hoped the government would push the commencement date of the changes forward, but instead the government has delayed it by another year.
Mr Pandya told SBS News it was a poor result for his family.
"First reaction is disappointment, but you know after that you try to work out how you can work with it,” he said.
“In our situation we've got another [child] on the way, we just have to find a way to deal with it.
"There's not much more we can really do about it. We just have to find a way."
Mrs Pandya said the additional funding "would have been a really good help".
“It makes it a bit difficult because I ideally wanted to put the one in the oven [in childcare] after a year or so, so I'll have to wait another year at least," she said.
“Also there's no guarantee, so it is what it is. At least it didn't go down I suppose."
Retiree Hernan Moreno has a small but untouched amount in his superannuation fund.
Retiree Hernan Moreno has called himself a "winner" after the budget was announced Source: SBS
He won't be affected by the government's crackdown on superannuation tax concessions for high income earners, but he will benefit from a refund of up to $500 for low income earners on tax paid on their super.
Mr Moreno said he was happy with the outcome.
"In the budget they say there are winner people, loser people and neutral people," he said.
"I think I am in the winner people.
“Any money, any dollar [that] is coming over and I'm receiving is good news."
University student Rochelle Elegado was worried about a pending change to student loans.
University student Rochelle Elegado has told SBS she is cautious with the issue of student loans left unresolved in the budget. Source: SBS
A plan to reduce the income level at which loan repayments would begin was floated, and the issue remains unresolved.
Ms Elegado said she was now happy, but cautious.
"That means I should be still wary about my fees,” she told SBS News.
“Hopefully it's not in the near future while I am still studying, and it doesn't have to affect me. But if they are still thinking about changing it then of course I have to think about it more."
Apple farmer Ashley Green hoped the budget would give his sector more support to boost exports, but that did not happen.
He said he was also upset about the government's decision not to scrap a planned tax on backpacker workers.
"The proposed backpacker tax, we believe will really decimate that workforce,” Mr Green said.
“Essentially backpackers are going to be taxed at 35 per cent, with no minimum break, which is over a third of their earnings are gonna go.
"We really think that is just going to discourage tourism, discourage a large section of our workforce."
But Mr Green has welcomed the budget funding of $600 million to help build an inland freight rail network from Melbourne to Brisbane, and $15 million to improve biosecurity.
Apple farmer Ashley Green has a mixed opinion about the federal budget. Source: SBS
"That's something we applaud the government on," he said.
"Protecting Australia from exotic pests is the utmost of importance.
“Other commodity producers may disagree, but for us in the tree fruit industry, I think that's very important."
