Hipkins crowds Luxon's post-budget space

Hipkins crowds Luxon's post-budget space
Chris Hipkins has moved quickly on issues Luxon has moved into like trade with India (Image: Dileepa/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
Prime minister Chris Hipkins thinks there is no need for a defined industrial policy and says decisions on industrial subsidies should be made on a “case by case basis”.Hipkins made the remarks after a post-budget speech delivered on Tuesday to a Trans-Tasman Business Circle audience at the same venue Chris Luxon delivered his - Eden Park.Since announcing the budget, Hipkins has been mingling with Pacific leaders in Papua New Guinea and has benefited from some opposition communications missteps on issues like $5 prescription fees.Th...

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