budget | Dan Moskovitz

Budget 2018: A win for Labour

Published on 17 May 2018

Finance minster Grant Robertson has announced the first budget of the new government, and it was kind of underwhelming. PM Jacinda Ardern and Robertson made good on their promise that this would be a predictable budget, and despite the media hyping it up, it was predictable, and went just how they said it would. Health … Continue reading Budget 2018: A win for Labour

Robertson expects surplus

Published on 2 May 2018

Finance minister Grant Robertson has announced that the upcoming budget on May 17th will see a surplus. This is a very big win for Labour. Often, their biggest problem, and National’s biggest asset, is that there is a belief Labour cannot be trusted with the economy. However, this looks like it has come at their … Continue reading Robertson expects surplus