Hiran Thabrew

May 30, 2024 | theconversation.com | Timothy Welch |Anna Matheson |Craig Elliffe |Dennis Wesselbaum |Hiran Thabrew |Julia Talbot-Jones | +1 more

Craig Elliffe: Small cuts, big consequencesHonestly, who would want to be Nicola Willis at this point? The effect of $14.7 billion of tax cuts is going to mean a dramatic rethink on expenditure in New Zealand in the long term, and about what sort of public services we expect as a country. The government’s cut-it-back strategy appears focused on the next four years, not a longer horizon. From a broader economic perspective, the hope is the cuts will provide help for households.