It's week two of an interminable three-week Parliamentary recess period for 1News senior political reporter Benedict Collins. He's joined this week by political editor Jessica Mutch McKay, political reporter Cushla Norman and digital political reporter Felix Desmarais. Today the 1News political team discuss the fresh-off-the-press IPCA report into the Wellington protest and occupation, the National Party's agriculture policy and the prime minister's impending trip to Brisbane.

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