The Budget

• notices and features
• 6 years ago
• Categories: grant robertson, greens, labour, nz first, Parliament, parliamentary spending, Politics

An evolving post to cover budget announcements.

Treasury’s budget at a glance summary is very helpful as is Scoop’s commentary (thanks r0b).

$3.2 billion more for health services over the next four years

More money for conservation …

More money for Christchurch.

More for education.

Bigger spend and a $3 billion surplus.

A 4.7% increase in health spending, what is needed to maintain current levels of DHB services.

And more teachers.

And a crackdown on company tax evasion and avoidance.

Simon Bridges is now speaking. What a shouty mess.

And his claims about health need checking.

They have …

Shouty Simon.

And Jacinda gives the perfect response.