11 BuzzFeed Headlines That Tell The Story Of Budget 2014

At 3 minutes this show will make you laugh. At 5 minutes you’ll cry and at 7 minutes we’ll remove the broadcaster’s funding.

1. These Adorable Puppies Will Make You Completely Forget About No Longer Being Able To Afford University!

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Public funding for courses cut by 20%, universities and TAFEs set their own prices, and graduates have to pay back loans sooner. Also, the HECS-HELP benefit is gone, and HELP repayments will increase with a lower threshold.

2. 90s Kids Will Get This (A Delayed Retirement Age)

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Age pension increased to 70 by July 2035 and cut by indexing to the consumer price index (CPI).

3. Greatest Flashmob Ever? 16,000 Public Servants All Exit AT THE SAME TIME!

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16,500 public servants cut nationally in the next three years, including 7,336 in the first year.

4. 12 Cat Gifs That Totally Explain How Your Family Isn’t Getting Free Healthcare Anymore

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For the first time, bulk billing patients will have to pay $7 to see their GP, as well as out-of-hospital pathology, plus medicine will cost more with an extra $5 to the cost of each Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription. The budget also drops a commitment to increase public hospital funding.

5. At 3 Minutes This Show Will Make You Laugh. At 5 Minutes You’ll Cry And At 7 Minutes We’ll Remove The Broadcaster’s Funding.

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After Tony Abbott promised no cuts to the ABC or SBS, funding for both has been cut by 1% - or $43.5m every year - while the ABC's Australia Network has been cut, stripping 196.8m from the budget. That's $122 million over four years, and most believe there's more to come. The ABC's already flagged cuts.

6. 76 Government Agencies That Will Vanish Faster Than Rebecca Black

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To be sold

Defence Housing Australia

Royal Australian Mint

Australian Hearing

Australian Securities and Investments Commission file registry

Medibank Private

To be abolished

Abalone Aquaculture Health Accreditation Workshop

Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation

Australian Renewable Energy Agency

Australian River Company Limited

Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee

National Water Commission

COAG Reform Council

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor

Prime Minister’s Indigenous Business Policy Advisory Group

To be folded into Departments

Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

Health Workforce Australia

General Practice Education and Training Limited

Australian National Preventative Health Agency

Grape and Wine Research

Wine Australia Corporation Selection Committee

Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency

To be merged with other agencies

ComSuper with Commonwealth Super Corporation

Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Classification Review Board

Migration Review Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal, Social Security Appeals Tribunal

Office of Australian Information Commissioner to be divided among Australian Human Rights Commission, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Attorney-General’s Department

Back-office functions to be combined at National Archives, National Film and Sound Archive, National Gallery, National Library, National Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House

Functions of Private Health Insurance Administration Council to be folded into Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Australian Regulation Authority

Merger of National Biosecurity Committee with Australian Weeds Committee, Biosafety and Biosecurity Working Group, Pests and Disease Working Group

National Competition Council folded into Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

National Blood Authority with Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority

New Health Productivity and Performance Authority will combine Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Independent Hospitals Pricing Authority, National Health Funding Body, National Health Performance Authority, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Already being abolished

Social Inclusion Board

Australian Animals Welfare Advisory Committee

Commonwealth Firearms Advisory Council

International legal Service Advisory Council;

National Corporate Wrongdoing

Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee

Advisory Panel on Marketing Infant Formula

High Speed Rail Advisory Group

Maritime Workforce Development Forum

Advisory Panel on Positive Aging

Insurance Reform Advisory Group

National Policy Commission on Indigenous Housing

National Children and Family Roundtable

Prime Minister’s Council on Homelessness

Pulp and Paper Advisory Group

National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council

Centre for Workplace Leadership Advisory Group

National Council for Education for Sustainability

National Sustainability Council

Procurement Consultative Committee

Climate Commission

Energy Security Council

Independent Inspector-General of Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports

Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority

Co-ordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services

National Gambling Regulator

Climate Change Authority

Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission

7. 14 Super Fun (And Strictly Indoor) Activities Your Grandchildren Can Enjoy When The Atmosphere Is Poisoned

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Winding back climate and energy policy will cost the budget around $15 billion over the next four years, while doing less to cut the emissions causing climate change.

8. Which Game of Thrones Character Are You? Whichever One Is Unemployed And Will Receive No Government Assistance!

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Under 30s will have to wait six months before getting the dole, at which time they will have to work for the dole for six months before getting a job or getting cut off for another six months. The eligibility age for Newstart will jump to 25.

9. 21 Problems That Only People With 50 Or More Fighter Jets Will Understand

This budget is great for the big end of town, cutting company tax by 1.5% for around 800,000 businesses, and leaving out the Prime Minister's paid parental leave scheme. For big businesses in defence, spending's set to rise to 2 per cent of GDP within a decade.

10. Forget About It! The 3 Countries That You Don’t Need To Know About Since They Won’t Survive Our Cuts In Foreign Aid

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Significant cuts to foreign aid, including a $7.6 billion cut to official development assistance over five years. Further papers note the loss of 500 jobs, most from former AusAID staff, and already experienced staff are leaving.

11. “Hammer it with your DAMN hands then!” The 10 Best Overheard Quotes Since The Scrapping Of The Tools For Tradies Program

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In the face of a skills shortage, the budget axes the Tools For Your Trade program, while other skills programs such as the Apprenticeship Mentoring Program and the National Workforce Development Fund will be phased out. If you want to guarantee a skilled workforce for the future, this is not the way to do it.