{"id":1341,"date":"2023-05-19T09:20:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T21:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bayofconnections.com\/?post_type=news-and-projects&p=1341"},"modified":"2023-05-19T09:22:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T21:22:58","slug":"budget-2023","status":"publish","type":"news-and-projects","link":"https:\/\/www.bayofconnections.com\/news-and-projects\/budget-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has delivered this Government’s final Budget before the election, focusing on easing the cost of living for New Zealanders and supporting cyclone recovery efforts, while building economic resilience and fiscal sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite pre-warning that it would be a \u201cno frills\u201d Budget, significant investment has been poured into key sectors, including health, education, infrastructure, and housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Easing cost of living pressures was front of mind, with a raft of announcements directed to supporting everyday New Zealanders. This included $1.2b to extend the 20 free childcare hours to include 2-year-olds and $618.6m to scrap the $5 co-payments for prescriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n