Opposition slams Budget 'austerity and cuts'

Opposition slams Budget 'austerity, cuts', Luxon attacks Greens alternative

The Prime Minister said the 2025 Budget got the basics right and put the country back on the path to surplus.

Opposition slams Budget 'austerity and cuts'

By Russell Palmer of RNZ  Austerity and cuts are the themes the opposition is focusing on in its attacks on the government's Budget, with the Prime Minister focusing his own energies on hitting back at the Greens.

The Turkish-red-pink budget puts a relatively higher burden on low incomes. Nevertheless, there are good arguments against the accusation of social hardship.

Exercise and a healthy lifestyle not only lead to better well-being, they prevent the most common social diseases. Now the administration is choking off a groundbreaking project. The sports physician Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss explains why the decision is a "catastrophe".

What we are not appreciating about the Nicola Willis Budget – the cuts are the economic plan!

I think the Political Left in NZ have miscomprehended Nicola Willis and her Budget butchery.    Voters do not appreciate how much of a wide eyed free market NZ Initiative Acolyte that Nicola Willis is.    She believes as a matter of faith that if you cut back the state, the free market will step in and do the job cheaper.    There is no economic plan here because as far as the Minister of Finance is concerned, the savage cuts to public services …