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The Government will outline its financial plans for the year ahead when Budget 2026 is delivered on May 28, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says.
Willis says the Budget will focus on funding core public services, with health, education, defence and law and order identified as the key priorities.
“The focus of this year’s Budget will be on supporting the delivery of core public services – in particular, health care, education, defence, and law and order,” she says.
The Finance Minister says the Budget will reflect tight control of discretionary spending, with funding directed only to a limited number of priority commitments.
“There will be no splashing the cash,” Willis says.
“Careful stewardship of public finances is essential to fixing the basics and building the future.”
She says delivering savings and reprioritising existing expenditure will again be central features of the Budget.
“These sorts of decisions are always tough, but they are necessary to ensure we can continue to fund the public services people rely upon while getting the books back in order.”
