Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen talk crime, the 2025 Budget

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

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There will be further cuts to Government agency spending, to be diverted into priority areas.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis confirmed a $1.3 billion operating allowance – plummeting from the $2.4 billion estimate.

Willis says they've reviewed funding line-by-line.

National’s Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking they have to cut spending as the reality is the country went from $58 billion of debt in 2017 to $175 billion in 2024.

He says we went from paying $3.6 billion in interest a year to $8.9 billion, and we cannot afford that.

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