The Age · Politics / Federal

What happens in budget lockup

· By James Massola
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About 1.30pm today, hundreds of journalists will reluctantly hand over their phones, disconnect from the internet and spend the next six hours locked up in specially prepared newsrooms in Canberra, Sydney and beyond.

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