Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Luxon betting economy will provide the 'lollies'
Briefly in Aotearoa’s political economy on Tuesday, January 20:
* The Lead: PM Christopher Luxon unveiled a new election slogan in his State of the Nation set-piece speech yesterday, as expected, and doubled down on the Government’s strategy of running tight budgets and letting the economy do the work of getting it re-elected. It didn’t work in 2024 and 2025, but he hopes better economic signals in recent weeks will mean voters ‘can feel it’ by the election, which may be just 290 days away, on November 7.
* The Sidebar: The problem for Luxon is his Government is relying on a 1990s and…
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