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