30 Jul 2025

The Wednesday Politics Panel 30 July

From The Panel, 7:35 pm on 30 July 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the netball game.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the netball. Photo: Screenshot

It's another hit of the most insightful and sharp 30 minutes in political analysis. Today Wallace is joined by journalists Patrick Gower and Andrea Vance. They are joined by former ACT MP Heather Roy. Together they examine and debate the main political stories of the week: the politics of austerity, does the government risk reaching the ends of the public's patience by pushing funding cuts; are the minor parties of the coalition overriding the government; are the changes to voting enrolment laws justified and should we be able to boo politicians?