Source: brokenpromises.co.nz
Promise: State Services
State Services Minister Chris Hipkins promised in mid-2018 that his government would
“reduce the reliance on expensive consultants and contractors, saving taxpayers many millions of dollars a year”.
Chris Hipkins, 2018.
The total spend across all 30-plus public sectors at that time was just over $550m.
Broken promise:
Annual reviews show spending on contractors and consultants at 13 of the largest departments increased by a total of 14 percent in a single year to $720m.
Source: rnz.co.nz
Promise: Child Poverty
“The Government will protect the environment, create more jobs and lift incomes of families to reduce child poverty, while running surpluses and paying down debt.”
Speech from the Throne
Broken promise:
Seven of nine measures of child poverty have worsened under this Government. Percentage of children in households in material hardship and under 60% median income after housing costs – In June 2018 increased by 12,000 and rate increased 1.0% for Labour’s first year.
Source: Stats NZ
Promise: Jobs
“The Government will protect the environment, create more jobs and lift incomes of families to reduce child poverty, while running surpluses and paying down debt.”
Speech from the Throne
Broken Promise:
Job growth has fallen from 10,000 new jobs a month under National to only 3000 and the number of people on jobseeker benefits has increased by over 22,000 since the election.
Source: stuff.co.nz
Promise: Infrastructure
“This Government is committed to major investments in housing, health, education, police, and infrastructure.”
Speech from the Throne
Broken promise:
Reallocation of funding for $5 billion of state highway projects resulted in Treasury advice that there would be “a downturn in major projects, including the re-evaluation of 12 state highway projects, many of them ‘market ready,’ which are no longer included in the pipeline.
brokenpromises.co.nz
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