Dragging the gumboot: farmers win again on climate measures

Dragging the gumboot: farmers win again on climate measures
Christopher Luxon woos a vital constituent earlier this week. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
If Christopher Luxon becomes prime minister this year, he has a reasonable chance of still being in the job in 2030.So, he might still be prime minister when the deadline rolls around on the five-year delay he has just announced for an answer to the endlessly vexed problem of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions pricing.However, if the past is guide, his third-term National party-led administration will be approaching the habitual popularity fade and be fighting hard for rural and regional votes.On this scenario, the New Zealand farming l...

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