Budget 2017 – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:29:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 Akld commission calls for decent society with participation https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/03/28/akld-commission-calls-decent-society-participation/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/03/28/akld-commission-calls-decent-society-participation/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2017 22:20:00 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=14790 Auckland diocese’s Justice and Peace Commission has called on the Government to accepts its responsibility to focus on building a decent society where everyone has enough to participate fully, not just “building a more productive and competitive economy” to the possible detriment of the wider community.  The commission made this call in a submission to Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Select Committee, in response to the Government’s

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/03/28/akld-commission-calls-decent-society-participation/feed/ 0 Caritas gives Govt. pre-Budget advice https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/03/28/caritas-gives-govt-pre-budget-advice/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/03/28/caritas-gives-govt-pre-budget-advice/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2017 21:35:51 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=14784 Echoing the words of Pope Francis, who has warned that economic progress that diminishes people’s quality of life is no progress at all, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is urging the Government to attend to the wellbeing of vulnerable communities when considering the 2017 Budget.  In an oral submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on February 8, the Catholic social justice agency highlighted the local

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