Is Australia really doing better, or does it just look that way on holiday?

Back from across the Tasman, Tamsyn Parker joins Liam Dann to compare petrol prices, supermarket bills and construction activity. They also discuss research on election uncertainty, whether booming exports will lift New Zealand’s wider economy, and the challenge of getting young people into work.

Plus, 1000 applications for meat-packing jobs and a $400 steak offer two very different snapshots of the economy.

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