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Grant Duncan, Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

This election year budget is a political tightrope walk for Willis and National

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An election year budget is a government’s pitch for reelection. For opposition parties, it’s a chance to make their case for change.

Unfortunately for Finance Minister Nicola Willis, her National Party can’t campaign on two of its three big fiscal policy promises from the previous election: to achieve a surplus, reduce debt and cut spending on bureaucracy.

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