NZCPR Weekly: A Change in Direction

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This week we examine the Budget and outline some of the risks around the direction that Labour is taking the country, our NZCPR Guest Commentator Frank Newman provides a comprehensive analysis of the Budget, and our poll asks whether you support or oppose the coalition’s first Budget.

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Brian Gaynor: Budget prudence needed, not borrow and hope

Recent Budget announcements on both sides of the Tasman clearly indicate the Australian Government has had a borrow and hope strategy, while our Finance Ministers have taken a more prudent approach.

The big question is whether Grant Robertson, the new Labour Finance Minister, will maintain this prudent approach when he delivers his first budget on Thursday.