Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
The chart deck calling b******t on Luxon’s ‘just drive faster & work longer’ economic growth talk
Long stories short, the top six things in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty this week were:
* PM Christopher Luxon and Transport Minister Chris Bishop announced the immediate reversal of the previous Labour Government’s 100 km/hr to 80 km/hr speed limit reductions on 38 sections of state highway, saying it would save around 3 minutes per trip on average;
* Luxon trumpeted the news as another sign the Government was speeding up the economy, saying “we're really pleased that we are literally literally accelerating New Zealand's economic growth with this announcement…
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