Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Why the Government's going-for-growth push will fail
Long stories short, the six things of interest in the political economy in Aotearoa around housing, climate and poverty on Friday January 24 are:
* PM Christopher Luxon’s State of the Nation speech in Auckland yesterday, in which he pledged a renewed economic growth focus;
* Luxon’s focused on a push to bring in foreign sovereign wealth funds to pay for new motorways through Public Private Partnerships and promoted farming, mining and fast-track-consenting as sources for growth in the longer run;
* His announcement with outgoing Science Minister Judith Collins of reforms to shut down…
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