Joe Hockey took half an hour to deliver his first budget but Twitter users had a field day, summing it up in three words.
The hashtag #ThreeWordBudget is top-trending in Australia as social media users express their reaction to the measures detailed by Mr Hockey overnight.
Students, public servants and the sick are some of those most affected by the tough saving measures that the government says are necessary to bring the budget back on track.
TV host Charlie Pickering went for "Less for more". Actor Rhys Muldoon wrote "Opus Dei Cuts", referring to Prime Minister Tony Abbott's links with the Catholic Church.
"Winter is coming" wrote social media commentator Jamila Rizvi in a clever reference to the fantasy television series Game of Thrones.
"Mine, all mine", "Heart of Darkness", "Fair Go Gone", "Every promise broken" and "Out of Touch" were some of the harsher tweets aimed at the first-term coalition government.
"Pass the Grange?" Cameron Brown tweeted, referring to the infamous bottle of red wine that triggered the resignation of former NSW premier Barry O'Farrell.
"Missing Gillard yet?" wrote producer Karen Pickering, while media commentator Jenna Price tweeted "vote them out".
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