After covering nearly a dozen Budgets, Stuff's Chief Political Correspondent, Tova O'Brien, joins us to talk about the big day ahead at Parliament.

Does the proposed closing of Smith and Caughey's department store on Auckland's Queen St, plus its shop in Newmarket, spell the end of the department store?

Plus a survey by recruitment firm Robert Walter suggests 90% of white collar professionals would look for a new job if they had to go into work more and hugging cows to reduce anxiety.

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