“So the federal government has stated that the budget would be presented on 2 June.”

“Right, but is that date contingent on the ongoing India Pakistan conflict to have ended?”

“Well, I don’t know about that, but it is certainly contingent on the return of the prodigal from his trip to the UK.”

“Prodigal? Ah, Mohammad Ali who went to attend a two-day investment conference in the UK at our expense – I mean, who in........

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