Back in Black: final Budget countdown hits zero

If we're going to run Immigration NZ as a money making service, the least we can do is turn it into a state-owned enterprise and charge it with making a profit

Rob Hosking
Thu, 24 May 2012

Welcome to the final instalment in NBR ONLINE’s series on how to get a Budget surplus next year, rather than waiting until just after the next election.

So far we’ve gone from a deficit of $5.8 billion to $676.5 million, or roughly what the government is borrowing every month.

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