World News Australia Online speaks to four members of the community who will be directly affected by changes in the budget. See what they have to say.
The former refugee
Youhorn Chea fled the Khmer Rouge with his wife and four children in the early 1980s.
Fifteen years after arriving in Australia, he was elected as a Councillor for Greater Dandenong, the place he has lived since fleeing Cambodia.
The Councillor made history in 2001 by becoming the first Cambodian-born Mayor in Australia. His constituency is one of the most diverse in Australia, with over 50 per cent speaking languages other than English at home.
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Mr Chea says health, education, employment and immigration are the issues of most importance to him. He says the government must look at how better to manage the greying population, and thinks a big Australia with plenty of immigration - particularly refugee migration - will benefit the country.
The Councillor says all public money must be accounted for. He is disillusioned with the government's handling of the botched home insulation scheme, but is generally happy with Kevin Rudd's performance.
The Budget
The overall size of Australia's migration program will remain the same but there'll be a greater focus on the nation's skills needs.
The federal government's announced more than 9,000 additional training places for the employer-sponsored migration program which will be balanced by a cut of 36 hundred general migration places.
An additional 200 visas in the business skills category will also be offered this financial year.
The changes have been announced in today's budget and will see the overall skilled migration intake boosted by 5,750 places.
Key announcements in the health budget includes $772 million to improve access to GPs including an after hours service.
Budget Reaction
Mr Chea says the budget is 'a good one' as the government and has done well to manage the economy.
He says he is happy that the budget will be in surplus in 2012/13.
He is also pleased with the jobless rate being low, even during the global financial crisis.
"The government are doing a good job on health because they want to increase the number of doctors and nurses," he said.
Mr Chea is also glad there is more support for hospitals in the budget.
He is also encouraging Australia to accept more refugees into the country to increase the population and help economic growth.
He is also pleased with the recent initiative to increase tax on smokers.
