The Wire with Harry: Thursday July 27th, 2017

On The Wire today, Ben speaks to Warwick Quinn from the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation on a shortage of skilled tradespeople. Harry has his weekly chat with Labour leader Andrew Little on the passing of the second reading of his Healthy Homes Bill, and touches down on the Metiria Turei news cycle. Ben talks to Catherine Lining, a policy fellow at Motu Economic and Public PolicyResearch on planned changes to the emissions and trading scheme. State of the States is back to unpack the failure of Republican healthcare, Trump disallowing trans soldiers in the military, and a new press secretary. Finaly Ben talks to the Drug Foundation's Ross Bell on the recent deaths from synthetic highs.