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Podcast: The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Episode: Heather du Plessis-Allan: Nicola Willis needs to be braver and cut more
Description: It's no surprise that Nicola Willis has pushed out surplus by another year. That now makes it three years in two years, as in she has delayed surplus by three years in just the space of the two years she’s been at the Finance Minister’s desk. Had she kept her pledge, the one she made about tidying up this country’s books when asking for our votes in 2023, we would be seeing a surplus next year. Now it’s 2029 at the earliest. Getting our books back in order is important if...