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Author: Bryce Edwards
GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT
Andrea Vance (RNZ): New poll delivers hung Parliament, bad news for Christopher Luxon as preferred PM
Luke Malpass (Post): The Post/Freshwater Strategy Poll: There was no honeymoon, just high prices and a recession (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): The Government’s year: Less performativeness, more performance please (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Manurewa Marae data misuse claims: Investigation to report back soon on ‘sensitive issue’
Anna Whyte (Post): Inquiry into Te Pāti Māori data allegations ‘nearing completion’ (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): NZIER and BusinessDesk play Santa for Christopher Luxon (paywalled)
LABOUR
Chris Trotter (Interest): Handling democracy
Jo Moir (RNZ): Labour lays groundwork for election-year capital gains tax
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Labour and the danger of talking to yourself (paywalled)
Steven Cowan: Chris Hipkins: Waving, not drowning
ODT Editorial: Don’t pop the bubbles just yet (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page): Chris Hipkins on CGT, Dunedin Hospital rebuild, and whether Luxon’s a good PM
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Labour's AUKUS pledge an 'easy promise' - Andrew Little
Thomas Manch (Post): Labour's Aukus decision called ‘stupid’ by defence minister (paywalled)
RNZ: Labour makes pricey promises as it says coalition will be one term government
David Long (Stuff): Aucklanders being hit by triple whammy, Labour’s Chris Hipkins says
David Farrar: Labour in Auckland
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Can someone please tell Chris Hipkins he's dreaming?
UNEMPLOYMENT
Derek Cheng (Herald): Jobseeker numbers balloon as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says economy is turning a corner
Maiki Sherman (1News): Number of people on Jobseeker benefit shoots up
Sam Smith (Stuff): New personalised plans for job seekers a 'heartless' policy, Opposition says
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Unemployment to hit pandemic-level highs in 2025
Kelly Dennett and Harriette Boucher (Post): Jobseeker beneficiaries to get more intensive support, as numbers rise (paywalled)
Bryan Bruce: The Unemployment Problem (paywalled)
PUBLIC SERVICE
Kate MacNamara (Herald): CEO pay: Highest-paid public sector bosses (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Only 865 redundancies across public sector - Public Service Commission
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): The quantity of spending does matter, not just the quality
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