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Budget 2012

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Economists don't believe budget forecasts

TOPICS:Budget 2012The Treasury's economic growth forecasts aren't realistic and the government is going to have a hard time achieving its surplus target, economists...
Budget continues to draw fireARTICLE

Budget continues to draw fire

TOPICS:Budget 2012Ministers made sure the bad news in the budget was announced in advance but they're taking the heat now it's been presented.
Preschool subsidy freezes, more for poorARTICLE

Preschool subsidy freezes, more for poor

TOPICS:Budget 2012The government is freezing the ECE subsidy and will spend more money on trying to get more vulnerable children involved in preschooling.
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Warning on budget growth forecast

TOPICS:Budget 2012The chairman of accounting firm PwC warns government plans to get back into surplus by 2014/15 may face obstacles if forecasts fail to bear fruit.
Students block street to protest budgetARTICLE

Students block street to protest budget

TOPICS:Budget 2012Auckland University students have blocked off a city intersection to protest changes to tertiary education announced in the budget.
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Asset sale money to go to KiwiRail

TOPICS:Budget 2012BudgetThe government says money from the sale of a stake in Mighty River Power will help rebuild state-owned KiwiRail.
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More tax for holiday home owners

TOPICS:Budget 2012Holiday home owners, smokers and farmers will pay more tax as the government moves to close tax loopholes and tries to stop people smoking.
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KiwiSaver automatic enrolment put on hold

TOPICS:Budget 2012Automatic enrolment in KiwSaver will be put off until there is enough money in the government's coffers to pay for it.
Health biggest winner in budget: RyallARTICLE

Health biggest winner in budget: Ryall

TOPICS:Budget 2012Health Minister Tony Ryall says his portfolio has the largest increase in spending in the 2012 budget.
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The 2012 budget at a glance

TOPICS:Budget 2012The 2012 budget at a glance
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School property sell-off in wings

TOPICS:Budget 2012The government will later this year go over what school property it owns because it says the $10.2-billion asset needs to be managed properly.
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ASH dismisses 'tired' tobacco tax response

TOPICS:Budget 2012One tobacco company says tax increases on smoking will drive a black market, but ASH says that is a tired and old scaremongering tactic.
Opposition mocks 'worthless' budgetARTICLE

Opposition mocks 'worthless' budget

TOPICS:Budget 2012The government's second consecutive zero budget is being mocked and condemned by opposition leaders but big business sees it as positive and helpful.
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Cut govt spending to help poor: ACT

TOPICS:Budget 2012Opposition parties are backing a "living wage" campaign but ACT says the best way to help is to cut government spending.
Budget will close tax loopholesARTICLE

Budget will close tax loopholes

TOPICS:Budget 2012Wealthy people who structure their income to avoid tax are going to be targeted in the budget as the government looks for ways to rake in more...
Inequality is becoming entrenched: GreensARTICLE

Inequality is becoming entrenched: Greens

TOPICS:Budget 2012The Greens have released research, just before they budget, which they say shows ordinary working families are going to be $11,000 a year worse off.
Government shuffles money in a zero budgetARTICLE

Government shuffles money in a zero budget

TOPICS:Budget 2012The government is going to shave money off departments across the board as it puts more budget money into health, education and welfare.
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Budget will target reoffending: Tolley

TOPICS:Budget 2012A raft of budget initiatives is designed to reduce reoffending by 25 per cent by 2017, Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says.
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Sharples hints at budget boost for Maori

TOPICS:Budget 2012Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples says education and Corrections Department funding in Thursday's budget will benefit Maori.
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Greens want $1billion road ditched

TOPICS:Budget 2012The Greens say the government should scrap its plans for a four-lane highway between Warkworth and Wellsford instead of crying budget poverty.
Free contraception for young beneficiariesARTICLE

Free contraception for young beneficiaries

TOPICS:politicsBudget 2012Teenage beneficiaries will get free contraception in a move to stop them having kids while on welfare, Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says.
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