A former National Government Finance Minister says Nicola Willis did well with what she had.
The Government's Budget includes changes to tax thresholds for three and a half million people.
Funded through a suite of scrapped spending initiatives, all workers on more than $14,000 a year will receive between $4 and $40 a fortnight.
Steven Joyce told Mike Hosking that the Finance Minister took a solid first step towards rebuilding the Government's finances.
He says it also gets the balance right between the private sector and families versus the large and increasing government spend.
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