Meanings of initial package in English

An initial package has been offered which ex-employees say is open to negotiation.

MBIE economic development and transitions general manager Dean Ford said this initial package would help with short-term needs.

The initial package targeted relief for small and medium businesses, along with cash payments to people on welfare.

The organisation is working as fast as it can to get the initial package ready for shipment, he said.

Senior administration officials said the initial package of proposed cuts was targeted at federal funds that were sitting unspent.

It did not provide details of its revised concessions but said they were generally consistent with the initial package.

Final decisions await more deliberations next week - but diplomats said on Friday an initial package was now virtually a done deal.

The initial package of instant food, water, medicine, blankets and other supplies will be sent both by ship and land, Lee said.

Those measures could carry a heftier price tag, and could prove more divisive than the initial package, which passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support.

It appears early goals for the new policy, including specific numerical targets for AIDS patients in treatment, may not be part of the initial package.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce told Checkpoint with John Campbell the relief package was an initial package and there was "some flexibility around it".

Lawmakers should enact an initial package of tax and spending measures to serve as a "down payment" on a broader deal, the think tank suggested.

Citi economist Josh Williamson expects an initial package of A$3 billion to A$5 billion, or about 0.1% of Australia's gross domestic product.