Scoop Today Budget 2002 Special Edition

Thursday, 23 May 2002, 4:43 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

BUDGET 2002 Dr Cullen’s Speech
BUDGET 2002 Sludge - Dr Cullen’s Amazing Shrinking Budgets
BUDGET 2002 Images

BUDGET 2002 – THE FULL PRESS KIT
BUDGET 2002 IN BRIEF – SUMMARY SHEETS
FINANCE & ECONOMY
EDUCATION
WELFARE
HEALTH
POLICE & SECURITY
OTHER
INNOVATION AND GROWTH

BUDGET 2002 – THE REACTION
Parliamentary Reaction
Business Sector Reaction
Education Sector Reaction

For the latest Budget 2002 Scoops see...
http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=budget2002
SCOOP BUDGET 2002 WEBPAGE

For the full text of Budget 2002 see...
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/budget2002/
TREASURY BUDGET 2002 WEBSITE

For background on the 2000 and 2001 year budget coverage see...
http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=budget2001
BUDGET 2001 - FULL COVERAGE
http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=budget
BUDGET 2000 - FULL COVERAGE

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0205/S00124.htm
Budget 2002 Images - Show Us The Surplus!

BUDGET 2002: Dr Cullen’s Speech

- “Mr Speaker, I move that the Appropriations (2002/2003 Estimates) Bill be now read a second time.” See... Budget 2002 Speech - Michael Cullen [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00504.htm

BUDGET 2002: Sludge - Dr Cullen’s Amazing Shrinking Budgets

- New Zealand is like a household in which the children are starving and the cupboards are bare, but dad is delighted because he has a nice big deposit in his savings account, which he intends to keep there till the kids are grown up and he has retired. See... Sludge Report #137 – Where’s The Dosh? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0205/S00125.htm

BUDGET 2002: Images

- Images of Budget 2002 at Parliament today. See... Scoop Images: Budget 2002 - Show Us The Surplus! [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0205/S00124.htm

BUDGET 2002 – THE FULL PRESS KIT

BUDGET 2002 IN BRIEF – SUMMARY SHEETS:

-Budget 2002: Highlights and key points [1] - Welfare, Super, Health, Sport, Housing, Youth, Disabilities [2] - Police, Immigration, Corrections, Attorney-General [3] - RST, IRD, Regulatory Environment, Broadband Internet [4] - Conservation, Environment, Fisheries, Arts & Culture, Forestry, Broadcasting [5] - Education [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00515.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00501.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00500.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00499.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00498.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00497.htm

FINANCE & ECONOMY:

- Commitment To Security In Retirement [1] - Highest standards of financial management [2] - Strong economic and fiscal stewardship [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00547.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00526.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00524.htm

EDUCATION:

- Backing teachers of science, maths and technology [1] - School funding increases [2] - Investing in quality [3] - Early childhood education critical to success [4] - $400 million investment in tertiary education [5] - Investing in knowledge and skills for New Zealand [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00536.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00523.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00522.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00521.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00518.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00516.htm

WELFARE:

- Building stronger families [1] - Making work pay [2] - $15m package for community organisations [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00534.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00520.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00509.htm

HEALTH:

- Increase in GMS subsidy for under-sixes [1] - Sanitary works subsidy scheme approved [2] - New health research partnership for Pacific people [3] - $200 million group B meningococcal campaign [4] - Health gets three-year funding path [5] - Health facilities getting $2.04 billion capital [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00539.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00532.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00525.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00514.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00513.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00512.htm

POLICE & SECURITY:

- Investigating and prosecuting serious crime [1] - Breaking the cycle of offending [2] - Prison security and maintenance improved [3] - Police vote up $34 million a year [4] - Enhanced Security Checks In And Outside NZ [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00538.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00531.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00527.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00511.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00508.htm

OTHER:

- Budget boost for sport [1] - Support for refugee resettlement [2] - Funding doubled for outdoor recreation facilities [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00533.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00528.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00510.htm

INNOVATION AND GROWTH:

- Technology for business growth [1] - Budget initiatives for business [2] - Supporting research partnerships [3] - Small business will benefit from IRD budget boost [4] - Strengthening basic science [5] - Economic innovation package – outline and costs [6] - Economic innovation package [7] - Economic innovation boosted by business clusters [8] - Private-Public Partnerships Vital [9] - Big Internet Boost For Regional Communities [10] - Major Investment To Boost Economic Innovation [11]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00537.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00535.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00530.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00529.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00507.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00506.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00505.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00503.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00502.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00495.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00494.htm

BUDGET 2002 – THE REACTION

Parliamentary Reaction:

- National: Bill English - Budget fails to deliver -- English [1] - ACT: Richard Prebble - Zero Funds for Security [2] - United Future NZ: Peter Dunne - Bland, Boring Budget Ducks The Real Issues [3] - NZ First: Doug Woolerton - What About The Farmers? [4] - National: David Carter -Budget a squandered opportunity [5] - NZ First: Winston Peters - Middle Earth Sleep Walking To The Third World [6] - Alliance: Laila Harre - Laila Harré comments on Budget 2002 [7] - Green: Jeanette Fitzsimons - Green initiatives worth $23 million this year [8] - ACT: Rodney Hide - The Fudge It Budget: Sweet, Sickly - No Substance [9] - Green: Sue Bradford - Authors, Literature Benefit From $1 Million Boost [10] - National: Belinda Vernon - Labour Can't Buy Authors Off [11]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00519.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00551.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00550.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00548.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00517.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00546.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00545.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00543.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00542.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00492.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0205/S00491.htm

Business Sector Reaction:

- Auckland Chamber Of Commerce - SME-Led Growth Long Overdue [1] and Good-Bye To “Quick-Fix” Growth [2] - Wellington Chamber Of Commerce - More Long-Term Answers Still Required [3] - Business Roundtable - Budget Highlights Need For Growth Policies [4] - CTU - See... Budget offers clear choice for workers [5] - MORST - What's in the BUDGET for research and innovation? [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0205/S00234.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0205/S00228.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0205/S00233.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0205/S00230.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0205/S00229.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0205/S00235.htm

Education Sector Reaction:

- ATSA - Budget Offers Little Relief For Students [1] - Association Of University Staff - AUS sees positive developments from the Budget [2] - VUWSA - Support for students glaring omission from budget [3] - NZUSA - New Funding Framework Must Bring Fees Down [4] and Student Funding Still Lower than a Decade Ago [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0205/S00046.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0205/S00045.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0205/S00044.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0205/S00043.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0205/S00042.htm

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