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Our experts weigh up the winners and losers in a budget that had to balance an immediate cost-of-living crisis with long-term ambitions for health and climate change.
The budget will reveal some extra spending, but the Emissions Reduction Plan still treats climate change as merely a scientific, technical problem – when it has been a political problem all along.
Tackling climate change is a budget priority, but will we see the major investment in cycling infrastructure and public transport that is one obvious solution?
Poverty reduction targets have largely failed to account for the pandemic or the cost of living crisis. This week’s budget seems unlikely to change that.
Art has value well beyond the financial, including proven health and well-being benefits. It’s time this was recognised in the way the sector is funded.
Public health remains the Cinderella of services when it comes to health budgets. But the pandemic has shown why New Zealand urgently needs a better investment approach.
A wealth tax has long been in the too hard basket for successive governments, but it’s time to take it out and properly debate the fairness of the current system.
Top contributors
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Climate change PhD student, Auckland University of Technology
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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Economics, University of Waikato
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Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Economics Lecturer and Director Business Taught Masters Programme, University of Canterbury
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Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute and COMPASS Research Centre, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Theatre, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Politics, Massey University
