Michelle Grattan talks with University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Deep Saini about the week in politics, including how fair the budget is, how the different tax cuts will affect the proposal, Bill Shorten’s reply to the budget, the citizenship crisis by elections and why the government is opposed to having a referendum on this issue.

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