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- Labour Party unveiled a fiscal strategy targeting Crown spending at 33% of GDP and net debt at 20%.
- Economist Cameron Bagrie noted net debt has risen under two successive New Zealand governments, indicating a trend.
- Bagrie said Labour will introduce a gains tax and fiscal drag to raise $3 billion over four years.
- He warned that scepticism remains despite possible public acceptance of higher taxes.
