Australians say the Australian Government’s top priority is to ‘Maintain a Balanced Budget and no increase in Public Debt’
MIL OSI – Source: Roy Morgan Poll – Press Release/Statement Headline: Australians say the Australian Government’s top priority is to ‘Maintain a Balanced Budget and no increase in Public Debt’ These findings come from a special Roy Morgan survey conducted in Australia on attitudes towards priorities for the Australian Government in the future. A […]
Read More →Council adopts budget for 2014
MIL OSI – Source: Auckland Council – Press Release/Statement Headline: Council adopts budget for 2014 Auckland Council has adopted the Annual Plan 2014/2015, outlining what the council plans to do during the next financial year as well as its investments and financial policy. The plan details the organisation’s proposed budget, activities and investment programme for […]
Read More →Labour’s alternative Budget for a strong economy and fair society
MIL OSI – Source: Labour Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Labour’s alternative Budget for a strong economy and fair society A Labour Government will run surpluses while investing in health and education, and paying off National’s record debt, Labour Leader David Cunliffe says. “Our Economic Upgrade will transform the New Zealand economy to higher value […]
Read More →Climate change ignored in National’s transport budget
Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Climate change ignored in National’s transport budget Monday, 16 Jun 2014 | Press Release “This is not a smart way forward for transport investment. Fuel prices already mean fewer cars are on the roads and climate change means we will have to cut emissions.” National’s transport budget for […]
Read More →Going Digital on time and under budget
Source: New Zealand Government – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Going Digital on time and under budget Broadcasting Minister Craig Foss says the Going Digital programme has wrapped up on time and under budget. “All installations under the Government’s Targeted Assistance Package – about 32,000 of them – have now been completed,” Mr Foss says. “I am […]
Read More →$232 million effectively cut from Health budget
Source: Council Of Trade Unions – Press Release/Statement: Headline: $232 million effectively cut from Health budget An analysis of the Health Vote in last month’s Budget by the Council of Trade Unions finds that the Government has effectively cut the Health budget by $232 million. It is now $232 million short of what is needed […]
Read More →Budget 2014: $28.6m investment in ICT Grad Schools
Source: New Zealand Government – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget 2014: $28.6m investment in ICT Grad Schools The Government will invest $28.6 million operating funding (including $11.8 million of contingencies) over the next four years in three Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Graduate Schools to help address significant high-level skills shortages in the rapidly growing ICT […]
Read More →Budget 2014: $28.6m investment in ICT Grad Schools
Source: New Zealand Government – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget 2014: $28.6m investment in ICT Grad Schools The Government will invest $28.6 million operating funding (including $11.8 million of contingencies) over the next four years in three Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Graduate Schools to help address significant high-level skills shortages in the rapidly growing ICT […]
Read More →Budget 2014: Funding to accelerate open data programme
Source: New Zealand Government – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget 2014: Funding to accelerate open data programme Budget 2014 provides $300,000 to accelerate the Open Government Data and Information Programme over the next two years, Land Information Minister Michael Woodhouse says. The programme, which is led by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), is Action 13 of […]
Read More →Budget includes some positive but not game changer we need
Source: Every Child Counts – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget includes some positive but not game changer we need Every Child Counts welcomes the focus in the budget aimed at increasing child wellbeing, notably an extension of free GP visits to under-13s and an increase in paid parental leave. These changes are steps in the right […]
Read More →Threadbare Budget Has Nothing For Pasifika
Source: New Zealand First – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Threadbare Budget Has Nothing For Pasifika New Zealand First challenges the government to show where Pasifika will find “more jobs and higher incomes” as it claimed in Budget 2014. “Despite many Pacific people attending skills training courses, they are still unable to find work,” says Spokesperson for […]
Read More →Budget 2014: Extra money to boost resettlement of refugees
Source: New Zealand Government – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget 2014: Extra money to boost resettlement of refugees The Government will invest an extra $5.6 million in operating spending over the next four years to help newly arrived quota refugees during their first 12 months in New Zealand, Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse says. All quota refugees […]
Read More →Budget 2014: $40m for anti-obesity initiative
Source: New Zealand Government – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget 2014: $40m for anti-obesity initiative Encouraging families to live healthy, active lives is part of the Government’s approach to reducing obesity in New Zealand. “Budget 2014 invests $40 million over four years for the new Healthy Families NZ anti-obesity initiative, which is expected to reach around […]
Read More →Oops – $2 billion mistake in budget appropriations
Source: Taxpayers Union – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Oops – $2 billion mistake in budget appropriations We’ve spent most of this week immersed in the budget documents and making notes of potentially questionable spending or unusually large increases. To our great surprise yesterday we noticed that one of the primary growth partnerships (PGPs) that the Government is funding […]
Read More →Oops – $2 billion mistake in budget estimates
Source: Taxpayers Union – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Oops – $2 billion mistake in budget estimates We’ve spent most of this week immersed in the budget documents and making notes of potentially questionable spending or unusually large increases. To our great surprise yesterday we noticed that one of the primary growth partnerships (PGPs) that the Government is funding […]
Read More →Budget slashes possum control funding
Source: Labour Party – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget slashes possum control funding Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy must explain the massive cut in funding for control of possums as TB vectors, said Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor. “Bill English’s Budget has slashed this funding from $30 million to just $7 million from 2015/16. “This […]
Read More →A frosty reception for John Key’s budget from a surprise guest…
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand – Press Release/Statement: Headline: A frosty reception for John Key’s budget from a surprise guest… If you go down to the concrete jungle today, you’re sure to get a surprise. If you’re in town to cut some deals, you’ll never believe your eyes. For there’s a bear who shouldn’t be there. […]
Read More →Budget Business Growth Agenda initiatives to build a stronger economy
Source: New Zealand Government – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget Business Growth Agenda initiatives to build a stronger economy The new Business Growth Agenda initiatives in Budget 2014 will help reduce capacity constraints in the New Zealand economy and lift our productivity and long-term growth rate, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says. Budget 2014 contains funding […]
Read More →Budget 2014: $2.5m for youth enterprise initiatives
Source: New Zealand Government – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget 2014: $2.5m for youth enterprise initiatives The Government has confirmed $2.5 million of new operating spending over the next three years for youth enterprise initiatives, Youth Affairs Minister Nikki Kaye says. “This funding supports a number of initiatives for young people to learn financial literacy and […]
Read More →Budget 2014: Funding to improve Child Support payments
Source: New Zealand Government – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Budget 2014: Funding to improve Child Support payments The Government has allocated funding in Budget 2014 to increase the collection of Child Support from liable parents and improve the promptness of payments, says Revenue Minister Todd McClay. “Around 73 per cent of liable parents currently do not […]
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