Tag: fiscal_plan

Willis Calls Labour's Fiscal Plan a Fraud, Citing $8.5b Pay Equity Gap

4 Oct 2026 4:48 p.m. · Source: NZ National Party

National's finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says Labour's fiscal plan is the least credible in living memory, listing billions in omissions including pay equity, fuel excise and health costs.

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Labour Pledges Fully Costed Fiscal Plan, Surplus by 2028/29

4 Oct 2026 4:46 p.m. · Source: New Zealand Labour Party

Labour says every election promise is fully costed and funded, keeping operating allowances at $2.4 billion and returning the books to surplus in 2028/29.

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Labour Releases Costed Fiscal Plan With Free GP Visits, $20 Transport Fare Cap

4 Oct 2026 4:26 p.m. · Source: Barbara Edmonds, Labour

Labour's Fiscal Plan promises three free GP visits a year, free prescriptions, a $20 weekly public transport fare cap and a three-year fuel tax freeze, all fully funded.

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