About this episode

The episode discusses how a document handling issue distracted from the government's focus on Budget Week.

The Government’s agenda-setting going into this week was firmly focused on Thursday’s Budget Day, but the emergence of a story about the 9th floor of the Beehive’s handling of a briefing document tugged Parliament’s attention away from the government's books. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Topics covered

• Budget Week
• Government agenda
• Parliament
• Document handling
• Beehive

Keywords

• Budget Day
• Government
• Parliament
• document handling
• Beehive

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Government, Parliament

Places: 9th floor of the Beehive

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