The National-led Government's fifth Budget, which we released to New Zealand last week, has been extremely well received. That's because it delivers in the areas that matter, and it supports our families who need it most.

In this issue:

Presenting our fifth budget
Prime Minister's video on Budget 2013
Finance Minister's video on the Budget

When National came into office in 2008, we worked extremely hard to ensure our health service was delivering the high level of service we expected it to.

In this issue:

Gearing up for Budget 2013
Supporting science and innovation
Notes from my diary

I made my first pre-Budget announcement on Tourism last week, as part of our international growth package.  This week I announced more details around this.  We've already indicated that this year's Budget will be about growth, and in tourism, there is great potential to grow.