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Duncan Disorderly
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Billions extra to spend and ahead in polls: so where’s Luxon?

OPINION: This Budget is a political statement – it’s written by design to win an election in six short months.

NBR columnist Duncan Garner speaks with Calida Stuart-Menteath.

Duncan Garner Tue, 16 May 2023

Yes the cost of living is a theme in this Budget, said a very understated Finance Minister Grant Robertson just a few days ago.

Newsflash, newsflash! No kidding. The PM tells us most other days that cost of living is his priority.

Robertson worked for and learned his trade from Helen Clark and her

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