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Budget 2015 - Scoop Full Coverage - Update #1 21/5/15
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Alastair Thompson: NZ
Budget 2015 - A Budget With Poverty At Its
Heart
Poverty of imagination. Poverty of
opportunity. Poverty of ambition. Nothing has changed,
really, since 2014. The fiscal stratagem remains fixed.
Surpluses at all costs. Then spending restraints remain and
any "fiscal headroom" is to be applied to repaying debt
until it is paid down to 20% of GDP.
But in a world awash
with Government deficits The NZ Govt's NZ's net debt
position (reserves less debt) fell in 2014-2015. Anywhere
else in the world that would mean we were already in surplus
but not here. More>>
Multimedia
Coverage:
BusinessDesk
Coverage
Business Desk - MARKET
CLOSE: NZ shares rise; DNZ gains; Spark
drops
Business Desk - NZ
dollar holds near bottom of range as rate cut
eyed
BusinessDesk - NZ
credit ratings unaffected by government's 2015
budget
BusinessDesk - New
$16 per head arrival fee to hit
travellers
BusinessDesk Govt
warns KiwiRail annual support won't last
BusinessDesk
- Carrot
and stick budget measures for low income
families
BusinessDesk - NZDMO
adds $1 bln to bond programme in 2015/16
year
BusinessDesk - Low
inflation, ACC changes slash $3.2B from Crown
balance
BusinessDesk - NZ
economic growth seen slowing amid low commodity
pricesParliament Today Coverage
ParliamentToday.co.nz - Budget
Welfare Bill Sent To Select
Committee
ParliamentToday.co.nz - Urgency
Motion
ParliamentToday.co.nz - Urgency
ParliamentToday.co.nz
- Report
Presented, Budget Speech BeginsALSO:
Weekend Interviews:
BUDGET 2015 - THE REACTION -
FULL COVERAGE
BUDGET DEBATE
SPEECHES - AS PREPARED
Metiria
Turei's 2015 Budget Speech: The Abandoned
Generation
Dunne
Speaks on the 2015 Budget
Parliamentary
Reaction:
Government/National
New
Zealand Government - Children
in Hardship Bill passes first
readingLabour
Labour Party - Panic
and back-flips can't hide twin deficits
Labour Party
National
hits the panic button for its 7th
Budget
Greens
Green Party -
Reduced
spend on refugees undermines resettlement
Green Party
- National’s
police cuts risk community safety
Green Party - Nasty
cuts to Kiwisaver show young NZers are fair
game
Green Party - Metiria
Turei's 2015 Budget Speech: The abandoned
generation
Green Party - Today's
Budget still no solution to child povertyNZ
First
NZ First Party - Split
Enz ‘I See Red, I See Red, I See Red’The
Maori Party
The Maori Party - Māori
Party secures more support for Māori housing
The
Maori Party - Māori
Party secures essential funding for Whānau Ora
The
Maori Party - Māori
Party delivers for vulnerable
whānauACT
ACT Budget
2015: ACT welcomes focus on poorest families
ACT - Budget
2015: Four hundred and thirty hectares? How about
27m
ACT - Budget
2015: Budget could have cut company tax
ACT Budget
2015: Tax burden continues to riseUnited
Future
United Future NZ Party - Dunne
Speaks on the 2015 Budget Non Parliamentary
Political Reaction:
NZ Taxpayers' Union - Taxpayers'
Union welcome changes
New Zealand Bankers'
Association - Budget
2015 continues responsible economic direction
NZ
Taxpayers' Union - National
deliver Labour-Green Budget
NZ Taxpayers' Union - Budget
2015 introduces new 'travel tax' on Kiwi families
Health Sector Reaction:
Health Promotion
Agency - Palliative
care funds and services must filter to rural area
New
Zealand Medical Students' Assn - Budget
Prevents Doctors from Graduating
Association of
Salaried Medical Specialists - Government
fails - again - to invest in health workforce
College
of Public Health Medicine - College
of Public Health Medicine applauds Budget 2015
Health Funds Association of NZ - Health
budget still doesn't address funding model:
HFANZ Education Sector
Reaction:
Universities, Polytechnics And
Wānanga - Budget
tougher for students
Ngati Apa - Iwi
leader believes education the key to a better
future
Early Childhood Council - Budget
will cost average early childhood centres
$15,000
Lincoln University- Budget
funding boost welcomed
NZSTA - Education
budget focuses on learners says NZSTA
NZEI - Hard
budget decisions loom for primary schools
VUWSA - Budget
2015: Students left in the doghouse
New Zealand
Kindergartens - Budget
is a missed opportunity to improve quality in ECE
Union Reaction:
NZNO - Budget
2015 robs Peter to pay Paul
First Union - Budget
2015: Working people miss out - union
PSA - Budget
2015 shows no plans for public sector wages
CTU - Workers
are missing out
NZEI - Government
more focussed on quantity over quality
NZEI - Hard
budget decisions loom for primary schools
NZEI - Budget
lack of provision for necessary education pay
risesGlobal
Markets/Futures
HiFX Key
budgetary points by HiFXBanking and
Finance
Welfare/Poverty Sector
Reaction
New Zealand Plunket Society -
Plunket
welcomes steps to help families living in
poverty
Bridget Williams Books - Jonathan
Boston: child hardship package
Nga Taitamariki ki o
Nga Puhi - Iwi
Chairs Pleased with Budget Commitment to Whanau
Ora
Office of the Children's Commissioner - Children’s
Commissioner – “Budget a surprise but not a
plan”
Salvation Army - Some
relief for the most deprived
Salvation Army - Good
Boost to Auckland Housing says Sallies
UNICEF - Budget
takes small steps for children
Auckland Action
Against Poverty - Budget
benefit lift a mean trick
PANIC - Annah
Stretton: Crisis vs Change
Salvation
Army - Good
Boost to Auckland Housing says Sallies
Property
Council Of NZ - Budget
delivers on housing, but not earthquake
strengtheningAccountants &
Analysis
PricewaterhouseCoopers - Budget
: A signal about GST on overseas online purchases
PwC
- Budget
2015: Auckland housing – more land for
development
KPMG - Budget
2015 – Facing the Future
PricewaterhouseCoopers -
Budget
2015: Business as usual for health
Deloitte - Budget
aims to addresses Auckland housing but not
transport
Deloitte - Budget
2015 brings home reality of a hard economic
grind
Deloitte New Zealand - Budget
2015 a missed opportunity for MāoriBusiness
Reaction
Spark NZ - Spark
supports Government plans to act on multi-national
tax
Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce - Budget
continues a stable platform for business
growth
Financial Services Council - Axing
Kiwisaver Kick Start Payment a Terrible Signal
MYOB -
SMEs
hope for more focus from Government
Chartered
Accountants Australia and New Zealand - Budget
2015: Where's the broader long term plan?
Retail NZ -
Retailers
"Deeply Disappointed" by Budget
Business NZ - Budget
2015 takes an incremental approach
New Zealand
Property Institute - Property
Institute gives tick to Budget Housing
initiative
Employers And Manufacturers Federation -
Budget
Responsible but Lacking Vision
Tourism Industry
Association - Tourism
industry opposes border clearance levy
Property
Council Of New Zealand - Budget
delivers on housing, but not earthquake
strengthening
Chartered Accountants Australia and New
Zealand - Budget
2015: Where's the broader long term plan?
PwC - Budget
2015: Sticks to tried and tested formula
Deloitte -
Budget
2015 refreshingly free of tax changes
Deloitte - Budget
2015 brings home reality of a hard economic grind
Other Reaction
Cameron Brewer - Len
Brown fails to convince Govt on transport
Science New
Zealand - Science
New Zealand on Budget 2015
Oily Rag- Oily
Rag Budget 2015
Irrigation NZ - INZ
supportive of budget 2015 allocation to water
management
Generation Zero - Budget
a disappointment for Auckland transport
Kiwis
for Kiwi - Kiwis
for kiwi welcomes $11.2m to help save Kiwi BUDGET 2015 - THE PRESS
KIT
(Note see also pre-budget announcements
below)
The Budget Speech
Budget:
Hon Bill English Budget Speech 2015
I move that
the Appropriation (2015/16 Estimates) Bill be now read a
second time. More>>
Executive Summaries
Budget
2015: At a Glance
John Key - Supporting
children in hardship focus of Budget
Bill English -
Help
for families at heart of responsible Budget
Bill
English Newsletter - Message
From Bill English
Fact Sheets
Fact
Sheet 5: Child hardship package as a whole
Fact
Sheet 4 – Increasing Childcare Assistance
Fact
Sheet 3 – Changes to Working for Families
Fact
sheet 2: Increasing benefit rates for families with
children
Fact
Sheet 1: Extending work obligations for parents on a
benefit
Economy
Hon
Bill English Budget Speech 2015
Share
offer funds support education, UFB, rail
KiwiSaver
$1,000 kick-start payment to cease
Books
in good shape as surplus
nears
Infrastructure
$360m
boost for world-class internet connectivity
$52m
to replace wharf at Chatham Islands
Budget
invests $249m extra in transport
priorities
Maori
$12.8m
for new Te Ture Whenua Māori Network
$2.1m
for rangatahi Māori suicide prevention
$35.3m
invested to improve Māori
housing
Education
$373.9m
spending on school infrastructure
Education
investment rises to $10.8b
Further
$113m boost for tertiary education, skills
Opportunities
through Partnership Schools
Extra
$8.2m for vulnerable students
Stepping
up for kids with special needs
Budget
2015 Presentation to Education Cross Sector
Forum
Welfare
Bill English - Help
for families at heart of responsible Budget
John Key
- Supporting
children in hardship focus of Budget
Budget
2015 supports at-risk children
$49.8m
boost for Whānau Ora navigators
Forgiving
debt to encourage child support payments
Extra
support to help more people into work
Commitment
to improved social housing
$790m
package for children in poorest
families
Health
$12.4m
to extend bowel cancer screening pilot
$76.1m
more for palliative care and hospices
Health
investment increases to a record $15.9b
More
support for disabled young
people
Housing
Fund
to facilitate Auckland housing
development
Law, Order, Defence &
Security
$218.6m
to continue improving public safety
New
funding of $164m to support Police
Supporting
the SFO in fighting serious fraud
Funding
boost for New Zealand security services
Government
continues to back NZ armed forces
Research,
Growth And Innovation
$25m
funding for Regional Research Institutes
Art,
Culture And
Sport
Trade and
Foreign Affairs
Border
clearance levy to be introduced
Extra
boost to Customs' border security
Funding
boost for biosecurity at the border
Canterbury
Rebuild
Govt
support for Canterbury rebuild now
$16.5b
Other Stuff - RMA, Business Number,
Kiwis and Animal Welfare
$41.2m
for resource management, water reform
$12.1m
for NZ Business Number
$11.2m
to secure the future of the kiwi
Animal
welfare funding boost in Budget
BUDGET 2015 PREVIEWS &
REACTION Parliament Today: Budget and
Urgency
Budget 2015: A Budget
to Assist The Poorest?
A people centred budget,
which improves the plight of the poorest and most vulnerable
Kiwis, is the expectation The Salvation Army has for
Thursday's budget.
We look to Government to launch the
economic plan that comprehensively addresses housing supply
and affordability, child poverty, social and economic
deprivation in regional New Zealand said Major Sue Hay
Director of the Army's Parliamentary Unit. More >>
MORE:.
Andrew Little's Pre-Budget
SpeechPM's Net to Catch Property Gains Not the
KeyJohn's panic-Key response to housing
crisisJohn Key finally admits there's a housing
crisis Government finally beginning to see sense on
capital gainsGreens Baby Kick Start a Stolen
PolicyGreens will deliver a game-changer on kids'
savingsFree Thoughts - ACT's budget
priorities
Budget 2015: Two new tourism projects to
receive fundingBudget 2015: Extra property tax
measuresBudget 2015: Taxing property gains
fairlyBudget 2015: $33m boost for
ImmigrationBudget 2015: $500m of ACC levy cuts
signalledBudget 2015: New Afforestation Grant
SchemeFinancial Statements of the Government of
New ZealandPost-Cab
Press Conference on the Capital Gains
TaxBusinessDesk - RBNZ
house alert speech the catalyst for government
actionENDS