Chris Luxon says India and New Zealand are continuing to get closer to reaching a free trade agreement.

Trade Minister Todd McClay hosted Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal in Auckland last week for a fifth round of talks on an FTA.

The Prime Minister says it's been good to see Goyal coming here when he's so in-demand around the world.

Luxon told Mike Hosking that McClay will head to India this week for further talks.

He says they're making good progress, with some negotiations, but they're committed to getting the deal done.

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Chris Luxon says India and New Zealand are continuing to get closer to reaching a free trade agreement.
Trade Minister Todd McClay hosted Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal in Auckland last week for a fifth round of talks on an FTA.
The Prime Minister says it's been good to see Goyal coming here when he's so in-demand around the world.
Luxon told Mike Hosking that McClay will head to India this week for further talks.
He says they're making good progress, with some negotiations, but they're committed to getting the deal done.
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Christopher Luxon: PM says a free trade agreement with India is on the table

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The Government insists it has a plan to turn the economy around. 

Treasury's Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update shows the country is first forecast to be in the black by 2029-2030. 

The Finance Minister has admitted the country is borrowing money to pay the interest bill on the debt. 

Nicola Willis told Heather du Plessis Allan that bill is about $9 billion a year. 

She says around 80% of borrowing over the next few years will be for capital assets like hospitals, schools, and roads. 

There may also be more cuts to the public service as they aim to get back down to surplus.  

Economic growth is expected to be just 1.7% next year, and Willis says there's still room for efficiency in the public service. 

She will be sending letters out to her cabinet colleagues to give them ideas on where they can make some savings. 

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The Government insists it has a plan to turn the economy around.&nbsp;
Treasury's Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update shows the country is first forecast to be in the black by 2029-2030.&nbsp;
The Finance Minister has admitted the country is borrowing money to pay the interest bill on the debt.&nbsp;
Nicola Willis told Heather du Plessis Allan that bill is about $9 billion a year.&nbsp;
She says around 80% of borrowing over the next few years will be for capital assets like hospitals, schools, and roads.&nbsp;
There may also be more cuts to the public service as they aim to get back down to surplus. &nbsp;
Economic growth is expected to be just 1.7% next year, and Willis says there's still room for efficiency in the public service.&nbsp;
She will be sending letters out to her cabinet colleagues to give them ideas on where they can make some savings.&nbsp;
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Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the Government pushing out surplus expectations

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Critics aren't convinced the Government's new mega-Ministry will work.  

It's merging the environment, housing and urban development, and transport ministries into a new Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport.  

Right-wing think tank NZ Initiative executive director Oliver Hartwich says it will still report to the same number of ministers. 

He told Heather du Plessis-Allan having it fully operational in six months is also ambitious.  

Hartwich says the ministries are busy with RMA reforms, which are taking up all their resources.  

He says putting a super merger on top of that could be asking too much. 

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Critics aren't convinced the Government's new mega-Ministry will work. &nbsp;
It's merging the environment, housing and urban development, and transport ministries into a new Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport. &nbsp;
Right-wing think tank NZ Initiative executive director Oliver Hartwich says it will still report to the same number of ministers.&nbsp;
He told Heather du Plessis-Allan having it fully operational in six months is also ambitious. &nbsp;
Hartwich says the ministries are busy with RMA reforms, which are taking up all their resources. &nbsp;
He says putting a super merger on top of that could be asking too much.&nbsp;
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Oliver Hartwich: NZ Initiative Executive Director on the new Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport

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This business of Australia tightening up its gun laws feels like it runs the risk of distracting from the bigger problems over there. 

I don’t think guns were the problem on Sunday. Australia already has some of the tightest gun laws in the world. 

This is a race relations problem. 

This attack was predictable. There was no shortage of warnings. 

Jewish businesses have been set alight in recent years, synagogues have been attacked, obviously Jewish people have been hassled, Israeli people have been denied customer service in Melbourne, cars have been set alight in an anti-Semitic attack and two nurses in Sydney lost their jobs for bragging on TikTok that they would kill Jewish patients. 

There is a timeline on Time magazine’s website of all the events leading up to Sunday that is confronting. 

The Albanese Government knew there was a problem brewing. They asked the special envoy on anti-Semitism to give them a set of recommendations. 

For the last six months they’ve had those recommendations and done nothing. 

So, tightening up gun laws is never a bad thing. Checking in on a licence holder every few years rather than never must be a good thing. 

But if the Aussies think that’s the fix for what just happened, they are misguided and allowing themselves to be distracted. 

This business of Australia tightening up its gun laws feels like it runs the risk of distracting from the bigger problems over there.&nbsp;
I don’t think guns were the problem on Sunday. Australia already has some of the tightest gun laws in the world.&nbsp;
This is a race relations problem.&nbsp;
This attack was predictable. There was no shortage of warnings.&nbsp;
Jewish businesses have been set alight in recent years, synagogues have been attacked, obviously Jewish people have been hassled, Israeli people have been denied customer service in Melbourne, cars have been set alight in an anti-Semitic attack and two nurses in Sydney lost their jobs for bragging on TikTok that they would kill Jewish patients.&nbsp;
There is a timeline on Time magazine’s website of all the events leading up to Sunday that is confronting.&nbsp;
The Albanese Government knew there was a problem brewing. They asked the special envoy on anti-Semitism to give them a set of recommendations.&nbsp;
For the last six months they’ve had those recommendations and done nothing.&nbsp;
So, tightening up gun laws is never a bad thing. Checking in on a licence holder every few years rather than never must be a good thing.&nbsp;
But if the Aussies think that’s the fix for what just happened, they are misguided and allowing themselves to be distracted.&nbsp;

Heather du Plessis-Allan: The Bondi attack was a race relations problem

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Christopher Luxon: PM says a free trade agreement with India is on the table

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