National party to be banned from future budget lockups
After a significant security leak National will be forced to ban itself from future budget lockups.
budget 2016
Budget 2016 – F for Fail
— Deborah Russell
The Mother Budget
There are budgets and there are budgets. And for all the presence or absence of bright ideas, there’s a budget that threatens to subsume all others…
Budget Live
Live coverage of the budget starts around 2pm.
Well that was boring.
Pre-budget reading
Budget day! Here’s a little light reading to get us started. Write your own line for the budget!
Grant Robertson’s pre-budget speech
Grant Robertson has just delivered his pre-budget speech. One takeaway message: “Labour’s finance spokesman Grant Robertson says Labour will set out a tax package before the 2017 election to set out how it will raise revenue to address issues in education, health and housing”.
Little’s $50 a week message getting through
A great reception for Little’s speech, and a take-home message that resonates well.
Budget month
National’s budgets are boring affairs, but they will be hoping for some distraction from current events.