Shane Jones
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308 appearances
12 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Shane Jones’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I mean, whether or not $1.2 billion is enough depends on what the uptake is.
Some might go on to LPG.
Some might go on to electricity.
It depends whether or not the local lines company can cope with the uptake and the surge in electricity.
I think some might go on to coal, and I really don't care.
You know as well as I do the Aussie-owned banks prefer housing.
I mean that's why the Aussie banks have set up a special fund between the government and the banks over in Australia to try and overcome the deficit of lending to small businesses in Australia.
Perhaps it's something we'll look at in New Zealand.
But look, I don't want to exaggerate how many firms might take it up, but God knows there are a lot of firms.
They have been caught unawares, I think, about the precipitous decline in gas.
I think one thing that really does bloody annoy me, though, Mike, is that
There's a level of revelry and almost sort of a moral gleefulness in the minds of my green opponents that gas has declined so precipitously.
These are our fellow Kiwis.
Yeah, yeah, well, we know that, and I'll have more to say about that on Thursday in the budget speeches.
I just think we're at a point in the arc of the nation's growth, mate.
Unless the Crown steps up, it's not to get any fun.
But it's a dynamic situation.
Unless the Crown steps up, a lot of these firms are going to go by the way.
I mean, there's the pet food crowd there in Taumarunui.
Their options are pretty dire.
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