Chloe Swarbrick was on Q&A in the weekend and probably can come out of it with a C+ score. Many before Swarbrick haven't been prepared well enough to face Jack Tame, and he asked several questions that the Greens co-leader needed to defer to another time. Overall Swarbrick covered a lot of ground talking alternative budget, inheritance tax, free dental, nurses pay and more.
Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury starts a new podcast this week and he joins us tonight live at 9pm to talk about news of the day and what to expect from his new broadcast.
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