Kia Ora Aotearoa! Welcome to The Working Group, New Zealand's top political podcast not funded by NZ on Air. I'm your host, Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog. 

Joining me tonight:

• Shane Te Pou - former candidate, campaign manager and executive member of the Labour Party.
• Barbara Edmonds - Labour Party Finance Spokesperson
• Simon Court - Member of Parliament for ACT New Zealand

Issues:

1. Fast Track powers vs Māori Party allegations - what is the biggest threat to Western Democracy?
2. Budget 2024 - Still moderate and vanilla or now a right wing nightmare hellscape?
3. ACT Party - conference dreams of 15% and the rise of the hard right

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