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Australia is getting a wellbeing budget: what we can – and can’t – learn from New Zealand

Contributor, Wednesday, 13th July 2022 -  Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed Australia will follow Aotearoa New Zealand’s example and put wellbeing at the centre of the national budget. So what is a wellbeing budget?

‘It’s a no brainer’: Momentum grows for Victoria to deliver a wellbeing budget

Luke Michael, Monday, 30th November 2020 -  Community groups say a wellbeing approach would be extremely beneficial for the social sector and help Victoria’s COVID recovery   The social sector is excited by the possibility

The Aotearoa COVID-19 experience

Contributor, Wednesday, 30th September 2020 -  Philanthropy New Zealand chief executive Sue McCabe shares key aspects of the philanthropic response to the pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand, and reflects on what it means going

NZ High Court backs Greenpeace in fight for charity status

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 12th August 2020 -  The decision has been labelled a major victory for environmental advocacy groups Greenpeace New Zealand has won a long-running battle to register as a charity following a High Court

Easter celebrations the eggs-emption to the COVID-19 lockdown

Luke Michael, Saturday, 11th April 2020 -  All around the world, people are determined to stop coronavirus from ruining Easter  COVID-19 has disrupted almost every facet of society in 2020, but it seems not even a global pandemic

Relationships first, money after

Contributor, Thursday, 5th March 2020 -  Philanthropy can help restore the power and dignity of Indigenous peoples and their cultures, but it takes more than writing cheques, having meetings and making the right noises,

How good is New Zealand’s budget?

David Crosbie, Thursday, 6th June 2019 -  New Zealand has shown how government can shift from previous budget practices to focus more on measures that reflect the reality of people’s lives, writes Community Council for Australia

New Zealand’s ‘well-being budget’: How it hopes to improve people’s lives

Contributor, Monday, 3rd June 2019 -  Christoph Schumacher, professor of innovation and economics at Massey University, looks at whether the latest New Zealand budget earns the government’s well-being title, in this

New Zealand urged to create more compassionate refugee policy

Luke Michael, Monday, 27th May 2019 -  World Vision is calling on the New Zealand government to scrap refugee quota restrictions that the charity argues are discriminatory and wrong. The government’s refugee quota and

NZ government under fire for ‘underwhelming’ response to welfare report

Luke Michael, Friday, 17th May 2019 -  The New Zealand government’s response to a welfare review has been slammed by community groups, who say the call to transform a broken system has been left unanswered. The Ardern coalition

NZ celebrates royal baby with charity gift

Luke Michael, Thursday, 9th May 2019 -  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has marked the birth of a new royal baby in the UK by donating to two local child-focused charities. The PM this week congratulated the Duke

NZ Intellectual Disability Services Come Under Scrutiny

Luke Michael, Monday, 18th February 2019 -  New Zealand’s chief ombudsman is investigating the Ministry of Health and its services for people with intellectual disabilities amid fears vulnerable people are being unlawfully
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