Treasurer Joe Hockey’s family was picture-perfect as they watched him deliver his second budget in Canberra last night.
Just like the contents of the budget, the Hockeys played it safe this year, sitting together in the back row of Parliament House.
There was no dancing to ‘Best Day Of My Life’ in their father’s office before he delivered the budget speech, but seated bottoms, matching cream blazers and congratulatory hugs instead after Hockey handed down his second budget speech as Treasurer.
Only young Ignatius mucked around in the back row briefly, while sister, Adelaide, seemed much more intrigued in the budget itself.
Holding the black business folder her dad gave to her while he chatted, young Adelaide was photographed sneaking a look at its contents while the family stood in Parliament House after the speech.
Hockey’s investment banker wife, Melissa Babbage, sat with the couple’s three children during the speech and looked lovely in a navy, lace-embellished dress.
Babbage copped criticism last year after she wore a $750 Carla Zampatti dress to the speech where her husband “chopped the budget.”
But this year, as the Treasurer announced the government would invest in small business, fighting terrorism, and the opportunity for every Australian “to have a go,” it was a budget focusing on “fairness” and families.
It was fitting that the Treasurer’s wife and three children supported him from the sidelines.
From left to right, Joe Hockey’s son’s Xavier and Ignatius, wife Melissa Babbage, and daughter, Adelaide sit together at Parliament House.
Treasurer Joe Hockey delivers his second budget as Treasurer, as Julie Bishop and Tony Abbott support him from the front bench.
Mr. Hockey’s eldest son, Xavier, gives his father a hug after the federal budget speech.
Young Ignatius stretched on his mother, Melissa Babbage’s lap as she chatted to her husband, Joe Hockey.
The Treasurer speaks to his children, Adelaide and Ignatius after handing down his second budget.
Little Adelaide holds her father’s black business folder tight.
Reading in Parliament House, their could be a politician in young Adelaide yet.
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