Ministerial announcements are braying about April 1 triggering a great outflow of money, or the prospect of a great outflow, from the Government’s coffers.
It sounds like most of us will get a slice of the action, although in some cases this action perhaps will amount to no more than furnishing Inland Revenue with our annual returns and coughing up our dues.
Some ministerial announcements, true, concerned comparatively small sums.
But two separate press statements – one from the PM – drew public attention to the transfers of huge sums of money from the Government to families, welfare beneficiaries, superannuitants and so on.
The message, palpably, was that Jacinda and her team are aware of the squeeze on the cost of living, but they care deeply for our wellbeing and are determined to ease the burden.
The PM highlighted these effects: Continue reading “Buzz from the Beehive – it’s April 1 and billions more will flow in benefit boosts, superannuation rises, and so on…”