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Ryan Bridge: My thoughts on Luxon's reshuffle · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: The American President is doing a live presser today to
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  Speaker 1: talk about his war will head to Washington before six
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  Speaker 1: on that. The Australian Prime Minister has just wrapped a
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  Speaker 1: live address to the nation on the oil shock, and
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  Speaker 1: here our prime minister is making his own announcement about
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  Speaker 1: a cabinet reshuffle. It's a bit of an odd time
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  Speaker 1: to do it, if you're honest, but he does have
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  Speaker 1: Letty and Collins leaving, so had to do it at
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  Speaker 1: some point. I suppose the day before Easter Friday means
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  Speaker 1: he wants to probably spray and walk away for the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: The good news is there is plenty of talent to
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  Speaker 1: promote the likes of James Meager Chris Penk, which is
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  Speaker 1: in contrast to the opposition, where the pool is rather shallow.
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  Speaker 1: Water comes up to your ankles, doesn't it. For Luxon,
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  Speaker 1: getting the right team around him is not just important
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  Speaker 1: for running the country, it's his entire election strategy. His
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  Speaker 1: pitch to voters is basically that he's the HR Department.
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  Speaker 1: He prides himself on putting the right man or woman
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  Speaker 1: in the right job. The fact he's doing it today
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  Speaker 1: also suggests that he's not listening to the press gallery,
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  Speaker 1: which is no bad thing, who criticized him for opening
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  Speaker 1: Christ's new stadium. While Nikola Willis was left to front
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  Speaker 1: oil crisis stand ups and presses in Wellington, He's doing
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  Speaker 1: other stuff. Is luxon like reshuffles, Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: In the stark contrast to leaders of other countries, we
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