New Zealand’s wellbeing budget is a major policy innovation
New Zealand’s first ‘wellbeing budget’ was delivered last week by Minister of Finance Grant Robertson. As the second budget from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour-led… Read More
Jacinda Ardern
New Zealand unveils first wellbeing budget
New Zealand has released its anticipated first wellbeing budget, with major focuses on measuring and addressing mental health, child poverty, children in state care, family violence and homelessness. Read More
Jacinda Ardern finds a central role for outbound Defence chief Helene Quilter
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has chosen the head of her defence department to become the next Deputy State Services Commissioner. Secretary of Defence… Read More
NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane
New Zealand’s long-awaited zero carbon bill will create sweeping changes to the management of emissions, setting a global benchmark with ambitious reduction targets for all major greenhouse gases. Read More
Lawyers, guns, money – and politics, part 2
The second article in a three-part series on the formulation of Australia’s firearms policy; across the decades, Australia remains unified on its national gun laws. Read More
Lawyers, guns, money – and politics, part 1
The first article in a three-part series on the formulation of Australia’s firearms policy; Australia finds itself at a gun-law crossroads after the Port Arthur mass murder. Read More