Budget 2020: Get future-ready over shovel-ready
Source: Greenpeace New ZealandGreenpeace is urging the Government to prioritise ‘future-ready’ over ‘shovel-ready’ job solutions in this week’s Covid Recovery Budget.Greenpeace Executive Director, Dr...
Health funding injection a big step in the right direction
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says the government’s pre-Budget funding announcement delivers a welcome shot in the arm...
Emergency Support for Racing
Source: New Zealand Government
Emergency support for racing
“Out of the gate and going for the winning post”
Good afternoon.
Today we are making a Pre-Budget announcement on...
Parliament Oral Questions – Oral Questions – 12 May 2020000186
Source: New Zealand Parliament – Oral Questions and Answers
JAN LOGIE to the Associate Minister for Social Development: Will Budget 2020 make our communities safer...
Technology – WEL Networks Sells Shares in UFF Holdings Ltd
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: WEL Networks
Electricity distributors WEL Networks Limited (WEL) and Waipa Networks Limited (Waipa) have agreed to sell their shares in UFF Holdings Limited,...
Record investment in hospitals and health services
Source: New Zealand Government
Record investment in DHBs of an extra $3.92 billion ($980 million per year)
One-off boost of $282.5 million (operating and capital) over...
Budget 2020: Falling in love with Infra
Source: Greenpeace New ZealandN.frəˌstrʌk.tʃə Infrastructure. If you’d rather snort pepper up your nose and squirt lemon in your eyes than read more about this...
Level 2 announcement
Source: New Zealand Government
I want to start today by acknowledging the sacrifices New Zealanders have made over the six and a half weeks we...
Taxpayer Victory: Speaker will allow economists into Budget lockup under Level 2
Source: Taxpayers Union
11 MAY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming Speaker Trevor Mallard’s backdown on the restricted Budget Day lockup.Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says,...
Now more than ever we need a Budget which values the health of New...
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
How do we ensure our health system is capable of meeting current needs, responding to a future pandemic, and...
Govt books reflect swift action to protect New Zealanders from COVID-19 impact
Source: New Zealand Government
Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the Crown accounts released today show how quickly the Government got money out the door to...
Community asked to have their say as Lower Hutt rates rise cut by half
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council is proposing to reduce its operating budget by $3 million and reduce a proposed rates rise by...