Labour leader Chris Hipkins says smaller parties shouldn't be able to veto National and Labour working together, as he eyes greater bipartisanship. 

This term, the two major parties have sided together on issues like the Indian free trade deal, a social media ban for under-16s, and modern slavery legislation. 

Hipkins told Kerre Woodham there's more work to do on issues like infrastructure and climate change.  

He says it's a bottom line for him that minor parties can't veto any bipartisan work, which he says ACT and NZ First have threatened to do this term. 

Hipkins is also confident the party will be able to find enough GPs to cover its three free visits policy, should it win government.  

The party's promising three free visits a year, funded through its capital gains tax on residential and commercial property.  

The Labour Leader told Woodham the number of medical graduates will rise in the coming years, and the party needs to attract them into primary care. 

He says the party will offer low interest loans to help graduates buy a stake in local GP practices. 

He also says GPs will be recruited from overseas, and his Government will grow the number of nurses able to prescribe medications. 

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins says smaller parties shouldn't be able to veto National and Labour working together, as he eyes greater bipartisanship.&nbsp;
This term, the two major parties have sided together on issues like the Indian free trade deal, a social media ban for under-16s, and modern slavery legislation.&nbsp;
Hipkins told Kerre Woodham there's more work to do on issues like infrastructure and climate change. &nbsp;
He says it's a bottom line for him that minor parties can't veto any bipartisan work, which he says ACT and NZ First have threatened to do this term.&nbsp;

Hipkins is also confident the party will be able to find enough GPs to cover its three free visits policy, should it win government. &nbsp;
The party's promising three free visits a year, funded through its capital gains tax on residential and commercial property. &nbsp;
The Labour Leader told Woodham the number of medical graduates will rise in the coming years, and the party needs to attract them into primary care.&nbsp;
He says the party will offer low interest loans to help graduates buy a stake in local GP practices.&nbsp;
He also says GPs will be recruited from overseas, and his Government will grow the number of nurses able to prescribe medications.&nbsp;
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Chris Hipkins: Labour Leader takes talkback, discusses bipartisan policy, GP visits, Capital Gains Tax

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