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Budget 2018: Cut the old to make way for the new

Opinion: A new government's first budget should be a chance to reassess all spending, from the ground up.

Wed, 16 May 2018

The Minister of Finance is downplaying expectations for tomorrow’s budget, claiming there are urgent requirements in the health and education portfolios, with little room to fund headline election promises like cheaper GP visits.

It’s not that the minister has been squeezed out of options by the

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