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Listen to The Country online: Labour leader Chris Hipkins on a capital gains tax for farming

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Labour leader Chris Hipkins spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Labour leader Chris Hipkins to ask him what a capital gains tax could mean for farming.

Plus, Hipkins explains why he skipped the Covid Royal Commission public hearings.

On with the show:

Wayne Langford:

Federated Farmers says a report back to Parliament on the so-called “ban on carbon forestry” doesn’t go far enough to stop the march of pines across New Zealand’s productive farmland.

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Chris Hipkins:

After a mauling this morning from Mike Hosking Breakfast, Labour’s leader fronts up for the second time today on Newstalk ZB.

On the agenda are the Covid Royal Commission public hearings and the prospect of a CGT or wealth tax.

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Jen Corkran:

We catch up with Rabobank’s Ag Analyst in Wagin, where she’s participating in the bank’s Western Australia Sheep and Wool Tour.

We also cast our eye over the August Agribusiness Monthly Report and the excellent prospects for beef and sheepmeats.

John Duffy:

We take our monthly look at the livestock markets. Today it’s the turn of PGG Wrightson’s Otago Region Manager, a man who’s been in the game for 45 years.

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Chris Russell:

Our Australian correspondent talks about animal activists and the Great Australian Cattle Drive.

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