Don Brash, the former leader of the ACT and National parties, has admitted he wouldn’t give the Finance Minister role to another party if he were in Christopher Luxon’s position. 

But with ACT’s David Seymour gunning for the role, Brash told Ryan Bridge that Seymour was the only person who seemed to care that government debt was “going up like mad”. 

It was unclear who in National could do the job with Nicola Willis leaving Parliament, but Simeon Brown, Erica Stanford, or Todd McClay were possibilities, he said. 

NZ First leader Winston Peters would “obviously” oppose Seymour becoming Finance Minister, but the role couldn’t go to his party as its policies —including keeping NZ Super at 65 and buying BNZ— would mean big increases in public debt. 

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Don Brash, the former leader of the ACT and National parties, has admitted he wouldn’t give the Finance Minister role to another party if he were in Christopher Luxon’s position.&nbsp;
But with ACT’s David Seymour gunning for the role, Brash told Ryan Bridge that Seymour was the only person who seemed to care that government debt was “going up like mad”.&nbsp;
It was unclear who in National could do the job with Nicola Willis leaving Parliament, but Simeon Brown, Erica Stanford, or Todd McClay were possibilities, he said.&nbsp;
NZ First leader Winston Peters would “obviously” oppose Seymour becoming Finance Minister, but the role couldn’t go to his party as its policies —including keeping NZ Super at 65 and buying BNZ— would mean big increases in public debt.&nbsp;
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Don Brash: Former ACT and National Leader on the vacant Finance Minister role

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