Inside the Government's u-turn over KiwiSaver reforms
The Front Page · NZ Herald
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Show Notes
24 hours is a long time in politics.
On Tuesday, the Government tabled a bill aimed at fixing a GST imbalance between small and large KiwiSaver providers.
However, after it was reported the changes would potentially take $103 billion away from people's KiwiSaver funds by 2070, the backlash was swift and severe - and the bill was pulled on Wednesday.
So how badly did the Government handle the communication around this bill, and has some poor media relations scuppered a law change the country actually needed?
Today, Liam Dann, NZ Herald Business Editor at Large and host of Money Talks, joins Damien to discuss what went wrong for the Government.
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Host: Damien Venuto
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