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Barb Edmonds joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about the first Labour Party policy release of the election cycle promising there is an alternative to taxation. Labour leader Chris Hipkins announced his party’s “Future Fund” policy, pitching it as the way to grow the economy, pay the bills, and build local infrastructure.Sean Plunket's BSA meltdown continues over the weekend as be says he's not a broadcaster, while claiming he is one in his bios, claims The Platform is not a radio station while claiming it does 'talk radio' and we'll also cover off Plunket's remarkable hypocrisy of attending to inundate BHN with BSA complaint by setting his flying monkeys on us.Remember, we have not said the BSA is correct, we have not told people to complain to the BSA, what we have done is commented when the story was released, then responses to Sean Plunket attacks on Twitter over the weekend.Christopher Luxon was on ZB this morning talking, without an ounce of irony, about how NZ would of course pay nurses more if only we had the money and Mike Hosking was so very close to asking the correct question...which he did not.Judith Collins is in lock step with Simeon Brown and the PM claiming the mega strike was "politically motivated" and was not looking at what was best for the Union members saying that is early October, the secondary teachers’ union, had "the number one item on their agenda for a meeting with Education Minister Erica Stanford was Palestine."=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social