![]() ![]() ![]() The Labour party’s policy machinery takes months and the election was only six months away. “It was in 1981. I was on the campaign committee. We did a party poll and found the electorate thought that Labour had no practical positive solutions. Getting the narrative right is something the Labour Party understands only too well – as former Labour Cabinet Minister Richard Prebble explains: Nowadays budgets are more about the narrative and less about the numbers. Some, car keys at the ready, would make a mad dash to try to beat any price rises, while others simply resigned themselves to lamenting yet more tax hikes! Crowded around the radio or telly, it was excise tax changes on petrol, alcohol and cigarettes that exercised Kiwis the most. ![]() The release of government budgets used to be memorable affairs. ![]()
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