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Budget coverage

May 24th, 2012 at 7:00 am by David Farrar

For the first time in many years I won’t be in the Budget lockup today. I was in the Wellington lockup, but then I had to be in Auckland on Thursday afternoon for the debate on Europe starting at 5.30 pm. I tried to swap to one of the two Auckland lockups, but they are both full and selfishly no one from TVNZ or TV3 has died this week freeing up a place for me :-)

I can’t get to Auckland in time if I do the Wellington lockup as the first flight is at 4 pm after the lockup ends. So I am flying to Auckland in the morning and will be reading furiously come 2 pm.

So any coverage of the Budget won’t be at 2 pm, as normal, but slightly later. I need to write a small article for Fairfax on the budget also which will be my first priority (paid work trumps blogging!), but once that is done hope to have something blogged before 3.30 pm. I’m on the RNZ Panel from 1545 to 1700 also and suspect the Budget may be one of the issues we discuss!

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7 Responses to “Budget coverage”

  1. tvb (3,315) Says:
    May 24th, 2012 at 7:23 am

    I am looking forward to the new budget app and seeing how good that is.

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  2. KH (680) Says:
    May 24th, 2012 at 8:09 am

    David. The budget is overhyped and more than a kneejerk event. For some I suppose it validates themself as important to get ‘locked up’. Bit strange that.
    Personally I have found it a waste of time to even bother doing much reading on it until about Sunday following.

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  3. Elaycee (3,513) Says:
    May 24th, 2012 at 8:17 am

    DPF says: “…no one from TVNZ or TV3 has died this week freeing up a place for me…”

    I can only hope that both outfits have employed outside contractors to provide ‘expert’ comment on the Budget – their current crop of ‘journalists’ lack the necessary skills to interpret and report on the numbers. Or on politics. Or on current affairs…

    So maybe they’ll just rush off to see what Wed Wussell from the Gweens has to say about it?

    Par for the course….

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  4. Ryan Sproull (5,585) Says:
    May 24th, 2012 at 8:44 am

    Me too, TVB. Downloaded the Budget app yesterday.

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  5. Pete George (17,596) Says:
    May 24th, 2012 at 9:07 am

    It’s ok, there’s no real urgency, I don’t think Bill spends everything today.

    Like many news events the best coverage and analysis comes the day after the frantic headlines, when people have had a chance to think things through.

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  6. cows4me (248) Says:
    May 24th, 2012 at 9:13 am

    What, they lock you up? I guess if I had to listen to all that bullshit I would what to escape to.

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  7. Pete George (17,596) Says:
    May 24th, 2012 at 9:47 am

    Here’s my budget coverage – Wait until Friday.

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