Everything You Need To Know About The Federal Budget

THE JUNKEE WEEKLY No Images? [Click here]( [Junk Mail from Junkee]( EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FEDERAL BUDGET Welcome to Junk Mail, your chance to catch up on the week in pop culture, music, news and politics. Here. We. Go. It's federal budget week, baby, aka Christmas for weird nerds. Weird nerds like Sam Langford, [who explains where the government is planning to spend your money](, and Rob Stott, [who explains why none of it actually matters](. One thing that's absolutely clear is that [the government wasted $185 million on a barefaced political stunt](, after it confirmed it was shutting down the Christmas Island detention centre just a few months after insisting it needed to be reopened. Speaking of nerds, the excitement for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones [has officially reached fever pitch](. With the season premiere less than two weeks away, Maria Lewis recaps [all the burning questions that need answering]( in the six episodes the show has left, while Patrick Lenton [ranks every great house in Westeros by how fancy they are](. "Some of them are little more than bloodthirsty bandits, while others are cutthroats with airs of grandeur," he explains. "But pretty much all of them are fancy bitches." THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Please Enjoy Steve Price Getting Dragged For His Terrible Views On Women’s Footy]( "You can change your mind. You can evolve. That’s what we do, as people." Please enjoy the hosts of The Project [dragging Steve Price for his terrible views on women's football](. [“How Pathetic”: Watch Penny Wong Shred Fraser Anning Without Even Saying His Name]( [“How Pathetic”: Watch Penny Wong Shred Fraser Anning Without Even Saying His Name ]( [Workers At This Chatime Store In Sydney Were Allegedly Underpaid By More Than $46,000]( [Workers At This Chatime Store In Sydney Were Allegedly Underpaid By More Than $46,000 ]( AFLW [The Massive Success Of The AFLW Grand Final Proves We Need To Take Women’s Football Seriously]( "The Grand Final was a landmark event, but AFLW fans are still wondering what the hell they and the players have to do to be taken seriously." After the massive success of last weekend's AFLW Grand Final, Kylie Maslen asks when the men in charge [are going to start treating women's football with respect](. GET KRACK!N [‘Get Krack!n’ Is The Perfect Antidote To Trashfire Breakfast TV Like ‘Sunrise’]( "The silliness and absurdity of the show’s sketches often only thinly veils very real frustration and anger with the state of affairs in Australia." Get Krack!n has finished up on the ABC after two incredible seasons. Cameron Colwell looks back at [why this savage send up of Australian breakfast shows like Sunrise worked so well](. FACT-CHECKING 'SUDDENLY 30' [30, Flirty & Thriving? I Fact-Checked 'Suddenly 30' As An Actual 30-Year-Old]( "Mark Ruffalo almost definitely won't fall in love with you." Punkee got actual 30-year-old Kristen Amiet to tell them what Suddenly 30 gets right (and wrong) [about hitting the big 3-0](. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Junkee is a Junkee Media publication. You are recieving this because you subscribed to the Junkee newsletter on our website, entered one of our competitions, or attended a Junkee event. [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](