Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Performative politics in high viz. Again.
Briefly for all subscribers, the key things to know from Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Monday, July 21 are:
* The Government tried to paint a $6 billion announcement on infrastructure yesterday as new news that would boost the economy and jobs. It isn’t. See more below in The Lead and in the podcast above.
* PM Christopher Luxon visited the Tasman region over the weekend, having earlier said the Government couldn’t afford climate relocation bailouts, which Labour Leader Chris Hipkins agreed. Luxon announced the Government would instead pay $5 million…
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