ELECTION 2020: Scared or excited about a Labour-Green govt?

ELECTION 2020: Scared or excited about a Labour-Green govt?
Paul McBeth
Labour Party finance spokesperson Grant Robertson won’t bring in a wealth tax if he still holds the purse strings as Minister of Finance come November, but is more than happy to work with the Greens and New Zealand First again.In a good-natured Q&A session with INFINZ members in KPMG’s waterfront offices, Robertson was asked whether the prospect of a coalition with the Green Party was scary or exciting.Robertson said he’d worked “really well with the Greens over this term” and if that’s how the votes fall...

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