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Vital Signs: Once were Kiwis. Here's the hidden history of Australia's own well-being framework

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Vital Signs: Once were Kiwis. Here's the hidden history of Australia's own well-being frameworkNew Zealand has actually introduced a well-being budget, but Australia had been paving the way.Governor-General of New Zealand/AAP, CC BY

Amid all the fanfare around New Zealand’s so-called “well-being budget”, you would be forgiven for thinking our neighbour to the east had revolutionised its priorities and how to measure them.

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