billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line
- Written by Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland
Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesNew Zealand has now had three “Wellbeing Budgets”: the prototype in 2019, the COVID-19 “Rebuilding Together” version in 2020, and today Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced the Labour government is “Securing our Recovery”.
With Labour governing with an absolute majority, projected...
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