Business of Government: Brickbats and bouquets edition

Business of Government: Brickbats and bouquets edition
Should the Government be toasted or roasted for its efforts in 2024? (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
On a quarterly reporting missionAt the final post-Cabinet press conference for 2024, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said it had been a “mammoth year” for the Government, boasting that it had completed 160 actions from its quarterly plans.The fact the press gallery saved all their questions for other topics is a good indicator the New Zealand public cares as much about the ticking off of these quarterly plans as citizens of the USSR cared about similar pronouncements from their government.The plans appear to be made up of a cherry-...

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