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Happy federal Budget day! Ahead of its release, we look at why you should care about it in the first place. The government will be spruiking its first home buyers scheme, so what's it like for young people who want to buy a home in the regions, where prices are sometimes rising faster than the capital cities? Plus, there's finally a very promising male contraceptive pill on the cards, so we speak to two of the scientists behind it. And we check in on Lismore, where heavy rain has prompted more evacuations - just weeks after the devastating and deadly floods. Live guests: Brendan Coates, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform Program Director at the Grattan Institute Professor Gunda Georg, University of Minnesota Abdullah Al Noman, University of Minnesota Vanessa Ekins, former mayor of Lismore