Significant healthcare challenge ignored in Budget – Alzheimers New Zealand
Alzheimers NZ is disappointed the Budget does not include enhanced specialist dementia services for the many thousands of Kiwis who…
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Well-being of children and families a welcome focus – New Zealand Kindergartens
“Placing the well-being of children, families and whānau centre-stage of the government’s budget is to be applauded” said Clare Wells,…
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Budget pours more money into failed criminal justice system – People Against Prisons Aotearoa
People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) is disappointed by large increases in police and prison spending in the 2018 Budget. ‘This…
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Recalibrating the Budget for wellbeing – Deloittes
Budget 2018 the last of its kind with a world-first “wellbeing Budget” mooted for next year Deloitte partner David Lovatt…
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Dr Liz Gordon – A just nation?
It has been a very long time since a New Zealand government has had an agenda of justice sector reform. In truth, justice has been run on the fuel of the agony of the victims of crime. It has been stoked by rage and fear. There has been little that is dispassionate or even that over-used phrase, evidence-based, about justice policy. To be honest, justice policy since about 1990 has been stark raving bonkers.
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Sunday 20th May 2018
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GUEST BLOG: Willie Jackson – The Budget and Māori
It’s appropriate that I give my view on our just released Budget. Already you have seen the misinformed and nonsensical views from the National and Māori Party on how ‘wonderful’ they were last time and how we ‘missed the boat’ this time. So let me tell you just how big the boat is that we have caught.
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Budget 2018 – Fiscal restraint and state housing – ideological craziness exposed
The government has decided to increase the building of state housing from their extremely modest target of 1000 a year to the still very modest target of 1600 a year over the next four years.
Housing NZ is not being given any extra money to do this.
They will have to borrow on private financial markets at higher rates than the government can borrow money for.
The cost to the government will be more as a result.