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Author: Bryce Edwards
DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS, PRIVATISATION
1News: Health NZ urges Govt to consider privately-run public hospitals
Gordon Campbell: On the Dunedin hospital fiasco
Ian Taylor (ODT): Dunedin Hospital: An open letter to Christopher Luxon
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Claim of efforts to cut costs — service chops ‘last resort’
ODT Editorial: Sophistry or bad Swedish rounding? (paywalled)
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): ‘People will actually die’: Southland leaders speak out about Dunedin Hospital rebuild
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): Why our healthcare system is ailing (paywalled)
Ben Tomsett (Herald): Opinion: Inside Dunedin’s historic protest with 35,000 people angry over hospital cuts
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Dunedin Hospital: Why does it cost so much?
ODT: Hospital campaign shifts to postcard blitz
Regan Harris (ODT): Protesters echo health concerns
HEATED TOBACCO TAX CUT, HEALTH
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Casey Costello’s tobacco tax cut plan stalled as device pulled from shelves
RNZ: Christopher Luxon hasn't seen advice on heated tobacco tax cut
Greg Presland (Standard): When will Costello be sacked?
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The Casey Costello guide to the school holidays
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Under-staffed cancer services turn off treatment machines
John Lewis (ODT): Engagement barrier to uptake: Prof
1News: Untreated ADHD can lead to addiction and drug harm - report
Re: News: Māori are twice as likely to die from accidental drug overdose
1News: Govt called to fund laser removal of cancer radiation tattoos
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): I'm so glad I have health insurance
David Farrar: Health Target 3 – Emergency Dept Waiting Times
PM’S UNTAXED CAPITAL GAINS
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Do housing assets cause a conflict of interest for wealthy politicians?
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon avoids up to $70k tax on apartment sale after Govt law change
Thomas Manch (Post): Luxon’s brightline test change has him escape tax on apartment sale (paywalled)
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): ‘I don't know what the point of the questioning is.’
Raphael Franks (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon responds to attention on Wellington apartment sale on Newstalk ZB
Sanda Arambepola (Stuff): ‘I’m wealthy and I’m sorted’: PM makes no apology for capital gains on Wellington apartment
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): We have a fascination with prime ministers and their money
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