Is Govt really putting the online harm funding before the policy? There’s a hint

Dr Eric Crampton
Newsroom
9 June, 2026

It’s a pretty minor Budget item all things considered. Thirty million dollars over four years isn’t a huge sum, when the Government plans spending more than $150 billion in the 2026/27 fiscal year.

But I still wonder: how are they going to manage to spend that much on policy and regulatory work, in an area where Parliament has not yet even passed enabling legislation?

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