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Ryan Bridge: Why is New Zealand so bad at infrastructure?
There's a reason politicians can't agree on much of anything.
Luxon is in Australia at the moment, he's on an infrastructure whistle stop tour.
The question - why are we so bad, and the Aussies seemingly so much better at it?
There are many reasons like public, private partnerships and user pays. In New South Wales, they've used asset sales to fund this stuff, but it's also crucially bipartisan agreement on what to build.
Luxon says that the Nats and Labour need consensus on what projects will get cash.
"The challenge in New Zealand is you get a change in political cycle or economic cycle…
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