Photo: Getty ImagesThe Government will deliver a 'wellbeing' Budget on May 30, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says - the first of its kind anywhere in the world. Robertson announced in the 2018 Budget that the Government would be focusing on wellbeing in its future Budgets. In a statement this morning, he said a wellbeing approach was an evidence-based framework used to identify Budget priorities and then assess which budget bids should be accepted. • Reducing child poverty and improving child wellbeing, including addressing family violence. “For the first time, [ministers] have been tasked from the outset of the Budget process with developing their Budget bids through the lens of these evidenced-based priorities.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 12, 2019 23:15 UTC