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http://www.smh.com.au/business/feder...508-1edum.html

Pensioners ... will be winners in Tuesday's federal budget, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.

Mr Swan confirmed media reports that the government would be giving each senior citizen a free set-top box as the country moves towards a digital television network.

The scheme, costing some $309 million, would include installation and instruction on how to use them.

"Digital television is rolling out across the country, the old system is being turned off, we don't want to leave the pensioners in the dark," Mr Swan told the Nine Network on Sunday.

"So we are going to give them this very important assistance so they have the benefit of digital television."

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