15 Sep 2023

MPs debate finance policy in front of boisterous crowd in Queenstown

From Morning Report, 7:10 am on 15 September 2023

Labour's track record - and National Party costings - were challenged in front of an at-times raucous crowd at the ASB Great Finance Debate in Queenstown Thursday night.

An election campaign fixture, the event brought MPs from the top four polling parties together to argue over government spending, proposed new taxes and one party's plan to axe 15,000 jobs in the public service.

Political reporter Anneke Smith was there.