Budget 2019: Govt optimistic it will meet initial child poverty targets

Budget 2019: Govt optimistic it will meet initial child poverty targets
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie May 30 (BusinessDesk) - The embryonic nature of the government’s approach to policy-making focused on ‘well-being’ is writ large by the fact that the 2019 Budget contains just two new metrics for measuring success. However, the direction of future activity is clear and the Treasury gains a $20 million funding boost to allow it to accelerate development of the Living Standards Framework that will form a key part of the way future governments will be judged on performances in national wellbeing. And for the first time...

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