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Duncan Disorderly
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Bribe could be on the cards as phone’s off the hook

OPINION: Could wiping NZ’s massive student loan debt be attractive to the 1.43 million voters who have these loans? 

NBR columnist Duncan Garner speaks with Calida Stuart-Menteath.

Duncan Garner Tue, 30 Aug 2022

Never say never under MMP, but it seems it will take a Joe Biden-like bribe if Labour is to get a sniff at a third term.

The US President just blew US$300 billion on partially wiping student loan debts and New Zealand’s total student debt is $16.1b – could Finance Minister Grant Robertson wipe

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