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President Trump Outlines US Budget

Infrastructure features prominently in Trump's spending plan for the 2019 fiscal year.

Infrastructure features prominently in Trump's spending plan for the 2019 fiscal year. The White House describes it as an efficient, effective and accountable American budget - we go through the highlights with Heather Timmons, White House Correspondent for Quartz. Australia's banking sector is under the spotlight as a landmark inquiry opens into financial wrongdoing. We speak to Peter Ryan, the ABC's Senior Business Correspondent, in Melbourne. Plus - why are only 2% of British dads taking up shared parental leave? We speak to a couple who are sharing care of their young son. Fergus Nicoll is joined throughout the programme by Mark Blyth, Professor of International Political Economy at Brown University in Rhode Island, and David Kuo of the Motley Fool in Singapore.

(Picture: Donald Trump speaks at a meeting with state and local officials. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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