The podcast critiques New Zealand's 2026 budget as 'broccoli'—a pragmatic, no-handout approach emphasizing fiscal discipline, targeted health reforms, and political courage, while highlighting opposition parties' dissatisfaction with lack of direct relief for households.
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Yeah, I was thinking that myself actually it might have just been him distancing himself from the eyes of the voter, and that's the whole reason why we reckon that he took the deputy prime ministership in the first uh half of the term rather than the second, because he can just focus full ball on the election campaign. I suppose on the other hand, Nicola Willis uh has described superannuation as a time bomb uh that is here now, and political parties need to be honest about it. Willis said the superannuation bill for the country will increase by 1.8 billion dollars next year, which is almost as big as her entire operating allowance in this budget. It's gonna cost about 30 billion dollars a year by 2030. It's gone up 10 billion dollars in this last seven years. Do you what do you make of the swipes? I suppose that she made it New Zealand first when discussing super.
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political restraint and fiscal responsibility
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