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Australia vs New Zealand. You can tell a lot about a country by the way it budgets

  • Written by Stephen Bartos, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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You can tell a lot about a country by the way its government budgets.

The New Zealand budget was delivered on 20th May. In terms of overall economic policy settings it mirrors Australia’s.

New Zealand has remained largely free of COVID-19, with no major outbreaks.

The Lowy Institute believes New Zealand has done better...

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