Barbara Edmonds: Labour's Finance spokesperson on Labour's plan to return the books to surplus

Best of Business · Sep 29, 2026 · 4m · transcript

Labour's Finance spokesperson won't commit to delivering a surplus by 2029/30 if it's at the expense of restoring pay equity.

Barbara Edmonds says she is confident Labour could deliver both.

"For example, a choice that we would not make is $300 million for a tobacco excise tax cut."

Labour will release its fiscal plan in coming weeks.

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