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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:
 - Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
 - Mark Jennings - Former News God at TV3
 - Seeby Woodhouse - Founder of Voyager NZ and Burning Man Aficionado

Issue 1 - Government refuses to end child poverty for less than 1% of GDP but does have billions for tax cuts

Issue 2 - What's killing Wellington? Working From Home or sacking 5000 public servants?

Issue 3 - What do Mckee and Costello have to do to get sacked?

Issue 4 - The Polky Trial - bloated boomer privilege or poor Police judgment?

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:
 - Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
 - Shane Te Pou - The mighty NZ Herald columnist
 - Ani O'Brien - Political Commentator and Queen of the Terfs 

Tonight's issues:
Issue 1: Latest Polling – Is Chippy in danger?

Issue 2: Gravy Train Treaty Lawyers or Reactionary Right Wing Libertarian gun owners – who is ACT’s Treaty Principles Referendum Bill appealing to?

Issue 3: Talking of libertarian gun owners, is Mckee’s new attempt at lifting gun bans an audacity too far?

Issue 4: Ramifications of latest Trump assassination attempt 
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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:
 - Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
 - Simon Court - ACT Party MP
 - Simon Wilson - NZ Herald columnist

Tonight's issues:
Issue 1 - God hates ACT while Luxon blames MMP for Treaty Principles Referendum

Issue 2 - Has National weaponised our impatience to raise speed limits on roads they can't pay for?

Issue 3 - China and deflation

Issue 4 - Trump vs Harris first debate
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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism
• Maria Slade - Business Desk Journalist
• Matthew Tukaki - Media Tycoon, Businessman, UN Chairperson, New Zealand Māori Council Sledgehammer

Tonight's issues:

• Issue 1 – Simeon Brown’s $32.9b road policy – sensible infrastructure or sexual fantasy?
• Issue 2 – Insolvencies up + outgoing Treasury warnings – how bad will the economy get?
• Issue 3 – Comanchero crackdown vs gang patch ban

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
• Barbara Edmonds - Labour Party Finance Spokesperson
• Karen Chhour - The Minister for Children and ACT MP

Tonight's issues:

1. Orr blinks and slashes the OCR as NZ Economy melts down - what happens next?
2. Welfare and Disability sanctions - will do what exactly?
3. The repeal of 7aa - will it save our kids?

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
• Greg O'Connor - Former Police Association President and current Labour MP
• Dr. Oliver Hartwick - Right Wing Think Tank and NZ Initiative Svengali

Tonight's issues:

1. Will Adrian Orr cut the OCR? Is that light the end of the inflation tunnel or a train coming for the Economy?
2. Who is to blame for Electricity price shocks? The National Party or the National Party?
3. New Draconian Welfare Punishments and Tama Potaka's magical homeless children wand.
4. Police Association vs Associate Minister Nicole McKee

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
• Cameron Bagrie -  The People's Economist 
• Damien O'Connor - Former Cabinet Minister and current Labour MP

Tonight's issues:

1. Market meltdown as Late Stage Capitalism implodes - will Global recession follow?
2. National Party Conference highlights a Party with zero vision
3. Andrea Vance on Identity Politics, Karen Chhour and ACT Party race baiting  
4. What Winston's false anti-Trans tweet and the anti-Muslim fascist attacks in UK have in common 

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
• Matthew Hooton - New Zealand Herald Columnist 
• Maria Slade - Journalist, editor and commentator

Tonight's issues:

1. The Manufactured Crisis in Health was funded by borrowed tax cuts – can National get away with it?
2. The Government’s war on Māori continues, when is too much redneck policy too much? 
3. Is the Economy in worse condition than the market currently recognizes?
4. Issue 4: Latest Tana drama inside the Greens – ‘who will rid me of this turbulent electric bike Priest’?

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
• Michael Wood - E Tu Union's Negotiation Specialist
• Craig Renney - the sickle and the hammer, The Council of Trade Unions Economist

Tonight's issues:

1. Shane Reti amputates public health - what happens next?  

2.  

   OCR holds but only because economy is tanking  

3.  

   The irony of starting Boot camps while apologising for abuse in State care  

4.  

   Biden finally steps down - is Kamala Harris the solution?

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Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog.

Joining me tonight:

• Damien Grant - libertarian liquidator and Cthulhu of Capitalism.
• Arena Williams - MP for the mighty Manurewa
• Simon Wilson - NZ Herald columnist

Tonight's issues:

1. The Trump assassination attempt
2. The cruelty of the National Party Welfare Policy
3. The Extraordinary Darleen Tana Interview
4. The 40 year neoliberal experiment in NZ politics - should we weep or scream?

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