Scoop Budget 2024 Coverage will be updated as information becomes available
BUDGET 2024 - SCOOP COMMENTARY
Gordon Campbell -On Nicola Willis And Her Surplus Fetish
The coalition government is perversely on track to reduce the state’s ability (a) to respond to emergency events and (b)
to address the current levels of unmet social need. Oh, and the outlook is for weakeconomic growth at best, over the forecast period. For the young, Budget 2024 must be looking like a one-way ticket to Australia.
BUDGET 2024 PRESS KIT - FULL PRESS RELEASE COVERAGEFinance Minister's Budget 2024 Speech
To bring revenue and expenses back into balance, the Government has a choice. It can manage its spending, or it can
raise additional revenue.
Given that choice, the Government’s focus is squarely on managing spending. The key top-down tool for this is operating
allowances – the amount set aside for discretionary new spending in each Budget. We are setting tight but realistic
operating allowances in this Budget and in future Budgets. We intend to stick to them.
See also the official websiteBUDGET 2024: Government Releases
Businesses
Housing
Benefits
EconomyBudget Delivers On Promises To KiwisNicola Willis - Budget 2024 Delivers For New ZealandResponsible Tax Relief For The Squeezed MiddleNicola Willis - Rebuilding The New Zealand EconomyDavid Seymour - Budget 24 Turns Tide On Wasteful SpendingRegional Resilience And Prosperity Focus Of New Fund
Children
Resources
Transport
Infrastructure
Pacific Communities
HealthBudget Prioritises Frontline Health Services & Workers$1.1 Billion Investment To Support Disabled People
Social
Education$2.93 Billion Investment To Lift Educational AchievementRewarding Hard Work In Tertiary Education And Training
Science
Transport and Emergency ManagementMore Than $1 Billion For Cyclone Relief, Resilience And Emergency Preparedness
FinanceMore Than 240,000 Hits On Tax CalculatorBUDGET 2024 - THE REACTION - FULL COVERAGE
From Parliament:
Government/National Budget 2024 - Getting The Budget Back On Track
LabourEconomy Goes Backwards Under Incompetent Coalition GovtBack Out Budget Breaks PromisesBudget Not Enough To Cover Rent IncreasesNational’s Climate Cuts Will Take Us Backwards
GreensGovernment Gives Nothing To Climate And Inequality CrisesCoalition Of Cowards Slashes Investment In Climate ActionBudget Neglects Māori And Disregards Te TiritiGovernment Missing In Action On Pasifika IssuesTrickle-down Tax Cuts While The Planet And Social Contract BurnsGovernment Throws The Environment On The Scrap HeapThe Coalition Government And Its Road To Yesterday
NZ First
ACT
Te Pati Maori:
Non-Parliamentary Political Reaction:
SOEs, Departments and Agencies
Maori:Te Māngai Pāho:Te Māngai Pāho Grateful For Continuation Of Te Reo Māori FundingTe Matatini:Biggest Investment In Kapa Haka Announced In Today’s BudgetTe Kahui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission:Commission Urges Commitment To Te Tiriti And Human RightsNational Urban Maori AuthorityWhat About The Crown Keeping Its Promise To Māori & Prioritising That? NUMA Response To Budget 2024
Health Sector Reaction:General Practice New Zealand (GPNZ):Budget 2024 Fails To Deliver Relief For General Practice PressuresBreast Cancer Foundation NZ:Budget 2024: Excellent News On Breast Screening Extension But Patients Still Denied Access To Essential MedicinesAssociation of Salaried Medical Specialists:Budget Leaves Health System Struggling To Keep UpNZ College of Midwives:College Of Midwives Hopeful Health Money Announced In Budget Includes MaternityNew Zealand Nurses Organisation:Budget 2024 Sees New Zealand’s Health Lights DimmingNZ Disability Support Network:Budget 2024 A Sticking Plaster, Not A Solution For Disability SupportProCare Health:Little Relief For Primary Care In Budget 24Alzheimers New Zealand:Government Again Fails Older KiwisCancer Society of New Zealand:Budget Fails Those Living With CancerRoyal NZ College of General Practitioners:Boost For Primary Care Welcomed, But More Details Needed On How Funding Will Be AllocatedProstate Cancer Foundation:Prostate Cancer Pilot For Men Appears Left Off The Agenda By New GovernmentProCare Fresh Minds:ProCare Fresh Minds Calls For Additional Mental Health Funding Beyond YouthRANZCPNo Funding For New Zealanders With Severe Mental Illness And Addiction Issues In Today’s BudgetHealth Coalition Aotearoa:The Low Or No-cost Health Prevention Initiatives The Government Ignored In This BudgetRoyal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists:No Funding For New Zealanders With Severe Mental Illness And AddictionIssues In The BudgetNZDSNWhaikaha Review The Only Option For Disability Support ChangeMedicines New Zealand:Budget 2024 Medicines Investment: Broken Hearts And A Third-world PositionAustralasian College for Emergency Medicine: Budget 2024: ACEM Welcomes ED Security Investment As A “really Promising Start”
Education Sector:Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara:Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara Responds To Budget 2024Kindergarten Aotearoa:Budget Funding Delivers An Effective Cut To Early Childhood EducationPost Primary Teachers’ Association :Government’s Education Budget Heavy On Promises But Light On DeliveryNZEI Te Riu Roa:Budget 2024 Is Effectively A Frontline Funding Cut For SchoolsTertiary Education UnionA Budget Without Imagination Or VisionNZEI Te Riu Roa:A Backwards Budget For Early Childhood EducationEarly Childhood EducationEarly Childhood Education Misses Out Again!Early Childhood CouncilBudget 2024 Will Keep ECE Lights On, But Gaps Remain
Science and Tech Sector Reaction:New Zealand Association of ScientistsBudget 2024 Is Worse Than A Nothing Burger For Science
Union Reaction:Taxpayers' Union:Budget 2024: The Mother Of All DisappointmentsTaxpayers' Union:Budget 2024: National Continue To Give Taxpayer Money To Corporate Welfare BludgersTaxpayers' Union:Budget 2024: Government Promises To Hike Taxes By StealthTaxpayers' Union:Budget 2024: $2.6 Billion Down The Drain For No Climate BenefitPSA:Budget 2024 Lays Bare Senseless Cuts To Public Services To Fund Tax CutsNZCTU:Budget 2024 Fails To Deliver Investment That New Zealanders NeedTaxpayers' Union:Debt Interest Costs Soon To Be Higher Than Spending On Primary Schools, Secondary Schools & Ministry Of Justice CombinedFirst Union:"A Brain Drain Budget": Luxon Offering Kiwis A One-way Ticket To AustraliaTertiary Education UnionA Budget Without Imagination Or VisionOffice of Early Childhood EducationThe Office Of ECE Responds To Budget 2024NZCTUNZCTU: Budget At A Glance 2024Aotearoa Educators CollectiveThe Government Missed Their Chance To Address Issues In Education
Welfare/Poverty Sector ReactionAuckland Action Against PovertyAs Expected - A Bots Budget From The National CoalitionSave the Children:Save The Children Says Budget 2024 Will Not Deliver For Kiwi Families Struggling MostChild Poverty Action GroupGovernment Will Lock 20,000 More Children In Poverty With Budget PoliciesTe Pai Ora SSPASocial Service Providers Te Pai Ora O Aotearoa Reacts To Budget 2024IHC New ZealandBudget Funding An Opportunity To Change The Lives Of Intellectually Disabled New Zealanders
Finance, Tax & Analysis:Tax Justice Aotearoa:Coalition Budget Tax Switch Will Hurt Most VulnerableKiwi EconomicsBudget 2024: Delivering On Promises – Just – While Standing On Quicksand
Business ReactionBusiness NZ:A Responsible Budget For The TimesMaster Plumbers:Master Plumbers Applauds Decision To Retain Apprenticeship Boost FundingBusiness Canterbury:Less Might Mean More For The Economy In This Year’s BudgetRetail NZ: Silver Linings But No Quick Turnaround For Retail In BudgetHospitality NZ:Budget 2024: Hospitality NZ Welcomes The Government’s Announcement Of Tax Cuts
EnvironmentWWF New Zealand:https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2405/S00156/government-living-in-an-alternative-universe-with-2024-budget.htmGreenpeace:Silencing Environmental Voices With Budget 2024 - More Motivation For ProtestRegional and Unitary Councils Aotearoa:Budget 2024 Funding To Reduce Flood Risk For Dozens Of CommunitiesForest And Bird:Government Raids Conservation Budget To Pay For War On Nature
Other ReactionKiwiRail:Budget 2024 Rail Investment Supports Reliability And Value For MoneyFederated Farmers:Federated Farmers: No Frills Or Surprises In BudgetIa Ara Aoteara Transporting New ZealandRoading Investment Welcomed Amid Tough Times For IndustryPeople Against Prisons Aotearoa:Community Groups, Academics Slam Budget Spending On PrisonsActionStation:Progressive Campaigning Organisation Slams Budget 2024 - A ‘Backwards Budget Of A Thousand Cuts’LGNZ:Budget Eases Some Local Infrastructure Pain – But Stronger Medicine Is NeededHB Regional Recovery Agency:Government Budget Looks Promising For Hawke’s Bay Local Roading Recovery But More Information NeededWorld Vision New Zealand:World Vision Says Budget ‘24 Overseas Development Allocation Falls ShortRecreation Aotearoa:Decrease In Community Sport And Recreation Investment A Step In The Wrong DirectionNelson City Council:Nelson Mayor Welcomes Budget Support For Flood ProtectionGreater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao:Flood Protection Co-funding Applauded By Greater WellingtonPeace Movement Aotearoa:Missed Opportunity To Slash Wasteful Military SpendingGreater Wellington Regional Council:Budget Rail Renewals Funding Welcomed By Greater Wellington, But Shortfall LamentedCreative New Zealand:Creative New Zealand’s Financial ContextKiapara District Council:Waters Infrastructure Projects Better Off Thanks To Redirected FundingBay of Plenty Regional Council:Flood Protection In Bay Of Plenty Gets A Boost In Budget 2024Gisborne District CouncilAppreciation For Government Funding Towards Cyclone RecoveryCivil Contractors NZ: Budget Clarity Welcome, Infrastructure Construction Needs UrgencyGreater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao:Budget Funding For Tugboat Study Welcomed By CouncilsE Tipu E Rea Whānau:E Tipu E Rea Whānau on Budget 2024
BUDGET 2024 PREVIEWS & REACTION
Government Pre-Budget Announcements:PM Luxon:Christopher Luxon - Pre-Budget Speech To Auckland Business Chamber
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