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Author: Bryce Edwards
HEALTH
Jo Moir (RNZ): Casey Costello will release 'independent advice' about benefits of heated tobacco products
ODT Editorial: Getting on the case of Costello (paywalled)
Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘Resign’: Growing calls for Casey Costello to lose portfolios over heated tobacco products
Adam Burns (RNZ): Vape stores caught selling non-compliant Heated Tobacco Products
Richard Edwards, Janet Hoek, Andrew Waa, Nick Wilson (Public Health Communications Centre): Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality
Rachel Thomas (Post): Are we finally about to see the state of Health NZ's finances? (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Govt ‘open to exploring alternative funding’
No Right Turn: National wants to loot the health system
Mountain Tui: Government Moves To Privatise Health
Stephen Forbes (NZ Doctor): Dunedin GPs grapple with Government’s hospital plans (paywalled)
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): No GPs at Carterton clinic as health shortage bites
Kate Judson (Post): No GPs puts Carterton medical practice under extra pressure (paywalled)
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Doctors sick of not getting paid agreed amount for shifts - union
RNZ: Concern end of free Covid-19 RATs will lead to more spread
RNZ: Health insurance: 'A noticeable shift in people prioritising their health'
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'Seems like a joke' - ACC bills for New Zealanders working overseas
David Farrar: Health Target 4 – Specialist appointments
Serena Solomon (RNZ): The boring business of New Zealand's biggest cannabis clinic
CAPITAL GAINS, PM’S UNTAXED PROFITS
Susan St John (Interest): The debate about tax is hotting up
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Luxon's property profits highlight unfairness, Labour says
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): ‘I’m wealthy and I’m sorted’: The PM’s finances, explained
Greg Presland (Standard): He is wealthy and he is sorted
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Luxon is being treated unfairly
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Luxon shouldn't be vilified for his wealth
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Businesses are the forgotten victims of the capital gains debate
FOODSTUFFS MERGER PROPOSAL, BUSINESS, HERALD’S MOOD OF THE BOODROOM
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Supermarkets merger would ‘exploit’ suppliers and enable price-fixing
Lisa M Katerina and Drew Franklin (The Conversation): The Foodstuffs merger is dead – but that still won’t fix NZ’s over-concentrated supermarket sector
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): What the supermarket merger decline means for consumers
Duncan Bridgeman (Herald): Mood of the Boardroom: Chief executives rank government ministers and Labour leaders (paywalled)
Herald: Mood of the Boardroom: CEOs rate Christopher Luxon’s Cabinet (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Mood of the Boardroom: Hard or soft landing? Business leaders assess New Zealand’s economy (paywalled)
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): New Zealand CEOs urge Government to pivot for economic growth (paywalled)
Cameron Bagrie (Herald): Mood of the Boardroom: Bring on the tax debate (paywalled)
Bill Bennett (Herald): The Mood of the Boardroom at a glance (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): Strong start for Nicola Willis, business leaders urge focus on growth (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): Mood of the Boardroom: Business leaders’ optimism hits highest level since 2016 (paywalled)
Duncan Bridgeman (Herald): Chief executives optimistic despite NZ’s tough economic backdrop (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): Kamala Harris leads among NZ CEOs in US presidential election preference (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): New Zealand businesses navigate geopolitical risks amid global instability (paywalled)
Antje Fiedler and Benjamin Fath (The Conversation): Tougher than the GFC: why NZ’s small businesses may be in worse shape than in 2008
Ella Somers (Interest): Late payments cost NZ small businesses $827 million, Xero reports
Aimee Shaw (Post): Late payments a bane to more and more small businesses (paywalled)
Alexa Cook (RNZ): 'End of an era' - Winstone Pulp International closes after 45 years
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