The Government's Budget centrepiece has been passed in the House, meaning tax cuts will become law.
Income tax brackets have been shifted, giving most earners an extra $4-40 take-home pay each fortnight.
Infometrics Principal Economist and CEO Brad Olsen told Tim Beveridge “The IRD estimates there’s around nine thousand people who will get slightly less than a dollar a week over the course of the year.”
Olsen said “The government’s also been challenged for not funding cancer drugs.”
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