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How do voters test pre-budget spin?

Analysis: Prime Minister ‘shocked' about state of health and education; shadow finance minister says economic picture is rosier than coalition expected.

Thu, 12 Apr 2018

If there is at least one thing former finance minister Ruth Richardson should be thanked for, it is the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

Now part of the Public Finance Act, it requires governments to be transparent about the state of the public finances. In election years the Treasury opens the books

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