Kieran McAnulty and David Cunliffe: Affordability, Homelessness and a Brittle Economy
The Bradbury GroupShow Notes
This week, Martyn Bradbury sits down with Labour Party MP Kieran McAnulty for a 1-on-1-in-10 State of the Economy interview.
Then a political panel featuring TOP leader Qiulae Wong, former Labour leader David Cunliffe, and NZ Herald political columnist Matthew Hooton debate the big questions facing New Zealand.
How does arresting the homeless help anyone? What did Chris Hipkins’ State of the Nation speech really say about affordability? And what happens when a user-pays infrastructure model leaves the country brittle and hollowed out?
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