Penny-pinching NSW budget lacks vision and offers few solutions to state’s most pressing problems
by Anne Davies NSW state correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6Y69T)
The Minns Labor government appears obsessed with keeping the state's AAA ratings - so citizens of New South Wales will just have to wait
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The Minns Labor government's third budget is one of consolidation, careful management, penny-pinching and modest spending. This budget will please the ratings agencies, and those who value New South Wales's AAA rating.
But it is not for those who hoped to see a bold vision for NSW or big steps forward to deal with some of the state's and the nation's most pressing problems: a cost-of-living crunch, housing crisis, climate emergency and other environmental challenges.
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