Budget 2024 – Budget funding an opportunity to change the lives of intellectually disabled...
Source: IHC
IHC says the extra $1.1 billion over five years that the government has allocated to Whaikaha in the Budget must be used to...
Budget neglects Māori and disregards Te Tiriti
Source: Green Party
The Green Party’s Te Mātāwaka (Māori and Pasifika) caucus has labelled this year’s Budget as unambitious for Māori and unapologetic in its...
Trickle-down tax cuts while the planet and social contract burns
Source: Green Party
The Government’s bloody-minded commitment to delivering trickle-down tax cuts at all costs comes at the expense of investment in people and planet.
“The...
Government gives nothing to climate and inequality crises
Source: Green Party
The coalition Government has offered Aotearoa little hope and even less ambition in this year’s Budget.
“Today the Government had a choice to...
Bangladesh: More than 270,000 children homeless after Cyclone Remal batters coastal area
Source: Save The Children
DHAKA, 30 May, 2024: More than 270,000 children in Bangladesh have lost their homes or are living in damaged houses after...
Budget 2024 – Government will lock 20,000 more children in poverty with Budget policies...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group
The government has chosen tax cuts for landlords over unlocking children from hardship with this year’s Budget, and are putting an...
Budget 2024 fails to deliver investment that New Zealanders need
Source: Council of Trade Unions – CTU
Budget 2024 is placing this governments ideological wants before real New Zealanders’ needs.
“Tax cuts and spending cuts are...
Release: Back out budget breaks promises
Source: New Zealand Labour Party
The budget today is a sad state of affairs and the country can now see the result of Finance Minister...
Release: Economy goes backwards under incompetent coalition govt
Source: New Zealand Labour Party
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has repeatedly said she will not be borrowing for tax cuts and denied fiscal irresponsibility. Today,...
Budget 2024 – Save the Children says Budget 2024 will not deliver for Kiwi...
Source: Save the Children
Save the Children is concerned for the welfare of New Zealand’s lowest income families, with Budget 2024 offering little additional financial support.
While...
Budget 2024 – New Report from Anti-Poverty Coalition Slams Government of “A Thousand Cuts”
Source: Action Station
A report published today by anti-poverty coalition Fairer Future has showcased the human cost of a series of recent Government decisions ahead...
Another cut in funding from the International Community will hit children in Syria and...
Source: Save The Children
BRUSSELS, 28 May 2024 – A further decrease in funding from the international community for Syria and the region following the...
