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Week of 8 Jun 2026
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Australian Budget Credibility

7 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 10 May 2026 · first seen 18 May 2026

A podcast segment that champions hiring Sir Graham Henry as a strong leadership move, critiques victim mentality narratives and political dishonesty, and highlights failures in governance and sports performance.

Volume by source orientation Methodology →

Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.

Alias drift

How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.

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Heard on radio

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  • Time now to mark the week. Little piece of news and current events that has never, never been in trouble, any trouble at all in Nicolas's office. Next year's On Me 7. Got there at last. In a country with less than no money, why spend a fortune on an idea that didn't, doesn't, and won't work? The climate in court, seven. This is a good idea. It constrains court creep, it contains adventurous troublemakers, it reminds us the ultimate court, the Parliament is the one that counts. Sir Graham Henry, eight. Yes, this is an excellent idea as well, Dave Renny needs to be congratulated. Big brains and a lot of experience and not to be underestimated. He's with us shortly. Uh, the New Zealand victim mentality. One. Mikey Sherman quit because she was a Māori woman. And Tori Farnow left the country because she was a Māori woman. Or so says the commentary this week. Until that level of myopic pity party nonsense is shelled, there isn't a lot of hope for any of us. The war for the blockade is incredible. The power of the blockade is incredible. For the first time, I think Trump is actually stuck. Yes, he can hold out, but he doesn't have the political road to hold out. In the ebb and flow of this story, he's now ebbed. Uh, the Australian budget, too. Based on a blatant lie. They said they wouldn't, and yet they did. And they wonder why politicians are held in shocking regard. Kia Starmer, speaking of which, one. My my pol my elbow looks straight up and down. Uh the toaster. Three. How bad does Hipkins and his cronies look now they've been busted, eh? In a world where you want better, they remind you a lot of it's still played in the gutter. Uh the Warriors 7. Yep, two points from a bye, two points from the Broncos. But how about old Luki? So much talent now. Some of them are gonna leave the building. Judith Judith.
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Sample framings

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spinoff Centre-left

asserts policy soundness amid criticism

16 characterisations rejected by Nicola Willis
2 Jun
mike-hosking-breakfast Government / N-A

exposed by political dishonesty

Mark the Week: Hiring Sir Graham Henry is an excellent idea
14 May
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How the public reacted

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