About this episode

The episode discusses the theatrical aspects of Budget Day and its subsequent legislative processes.

Budget Day is a Broadway production with dance numbers (emphasis on numbers), undue laughter and applause, and everyone’s a critic. Then comes the legislating. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Topics covered

• Budget
• Legislation
• Government
• Economics
• Critique

Keywords

• Budget Day
• legislation
• government
• economics
• critique

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RNZ

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