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Quick Hit: Tradies Pay the Lawyers’ Loans
Labour will take 10 per cent off eligible student loans and wipe balances of $2000 or less entirely, at $583.4 million over five years. The debt moves to taxpayers and a doctor gets nearly four times what a teacher does.
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Four leaders raised their hands for diversity at TVNZ’s debate. Winston Peters didn’t. RNZ’s expert rebuttal ends by conceding his “disunity” warning “could indeed fit”.
Quick Hit: Labour Wants Google to Pay for News Kiwis Don’t Trust
Labour’s Reuben Davidson says the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill will be revived with urgency, but won’t commit to the first 100 days. The bill would make tech platforms fund the legacy media only 37 per cent of Kiwis trust most of the time.
Quick Hit: Stuff Checked Labour’s $6,000 Bill and Found the Credits Missing
Stuff fact-checked Labour’s “Cost of Luxon” line by line. Some numbers hold, rates come in at about half and the document counts every cost while leaving out tax cuts, mortgage savings and FamilyBoost. Chris Hipkins admits it “does not account for changes in income”.
Quick Hit: $2.19 Million Says Cap It
Opportunity wants a $30,000 donation cap. Gareth Morgan has given it $2,190,617. Pull the ladder up once you are on the roof.
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