Tag: fiscal_policy

• ACT New Zealand Hails Budget 2026 as Fiscal Discipline Returns

  28 May 2026 3:15 p.m. · Source: ACT New Zealand

  ACT New Zealand credits Budget 2026 for an earlier return to surplus, highlighting $2 billion in public service savings, increased health and education funding, and the scrapping of the "Fees Free" policy as evidence of their influence in government.

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• ACT Praises Government's Public Service Overhaul for Efficiency and Savings

  20 May 2026 6:42 a.m. · Source: ACT New Zealand

  ACT Leader David Seymour praises government's plan to cap bureaucrats, delete departments, and save $2.4 billion, aiming for a smaller, more efficient public service. This aligns with ACT's long-held positions on fiscal discipline and reducing Wellington bloat.

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• ACT Advocates Fiscal Discipline and Clear Laws Amidst Policy Shifts

  17 May 2026 8:27 a.m. · Source: ACT New Zealand

  ACT Party pushes for "common sense" governance, advocating fiscal discipline in Budget 2026, defining Treaty principles, curbing judicial climate activism, and expanding diabetes medicine access based on clinical need, not ethnicity.

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• IMF Concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with New Zealand

  27 May 2025 2:15 a.m. · Source: International Monetary Fund

  The IMF concludes its 2025 Article IV consultation with New Zealand, noting a nascent recovery and return to target inflation. The IMF stresses prudent policies and structural reforms amid trade and investment vulnerabilities.

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• New Zealand Budget 2025 Aims to Secure Economic Recovery

  22 May 2025 2:08 p.m. · Source: Federated Farmers

  New Zealand's Budget 2025 focuses on economic recovery with tax incentives, increased KiwiSaver contributions, and investments in health, education, and law and order, according to Finance Minister Nicola Willis.

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