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Quick Hit: Family Farm Means the Invoice
Luxton could not define family farm on HDPA, then walked dairy accommodation into a proportionate CGT. National claims an $18.8b hole. Sold a farm exemption, taxed the cowshed.
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Quick Hit: Hung Parliament, Explained in Numbers
On a 120-seat count the blocs were 60-all. The 11-seat overhang turned that into 67-64. A majority is 66, a tie loses and a new election needs a majority of the new House.
Quick Hit: RNZ’s Unlawful Overdraft, Explained
The RNZ board approved a $5 million Westpac facility on 9 June without the two ministers the Crown Entities Act requires. The chair who signed it now says the breach is very difficult to explain.
Quick Hit: The Briefing Was Promising. The Department Wants Easier Weekends.
A September briefing said the second military-style academy cohort had not reoffended. Officials are now looking at less intense weekends because staff got tired.
Quick Hit: A Finance Job With No Obvious National Name
Seymour says National keeping Finance is no longer tenable. Luxon says the job stays with a National Party person. The most obvious National holders are already out.
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The psychological warfare specialist who asked whether a safety-first future made possible by a permanent underclass would be worth living.
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