Budget 2023’s investment in public transport will have far-reaching benefits for the climate and for overall wellbeing. But our study shows young people want much more.
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Budget 2023 included a ‘gender snapshot’ to account for the ways investment priorities affect women differently from men. More effective, efficient and equitable, it also makes good economic sense.
Incremental and pragmatic, New Zealand’s fifth Wellbeing Budget tries to balance cost-of-living support with huge long-term investment challenges – all without frightening the inflation horses.
Thursday’s ‘orthodox no-frills budget’ sounds like Labour is switching from Ecostore to Kmart: never mind your wellbeing, this is about Labour’s political survival.
The 2023 budget is unlikely to do the one thing our health system needs: provide the funding for a new medical school to meet our growing need for locally trained doctors.
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Professor of Politics, University of Canterbury
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Executive Dean, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Post-Doctoral Fellow in Political Science, University of Canterbury
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Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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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 Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Economics, University of Waikato
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Doctoral Candidate, Social Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Population Health, University of Waikato
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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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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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