Budget Justice Coalition makes submission on Division of Revenue Bill 2023
The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) submission on the Division of Revenue Bill 2023 is informed by a range of civil society organisations which are members of the BJC, including the Children’s Institute.
It follows our submission to the Standing and Select Committees on Finance in Parliament. The BJC continues to call for participatory human rights impact assessments of spending allocations to public services, so that if cuts (whether real or nominal) are made, there is sufficient reflection on how the access to these services will be protected for all, particularly the most marginalised communities in the country.
We continue to argue that the State has failed to justify its decision to continue implementing budget cuts as the core mechanism to reduce public borrowing and call for a budget process that promotes access to public services for all.