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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Richard Harman (Herald): Budget battle looms as reality hits Coalition Government (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government floats new deficit measure, Labour says it is ‘shifting the goalposts’ Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Government deficit moves further off track (paywalled) Michael Reddell: The
While New Zealand continues to evaluate Bovaer in controlled trials, critics in Australia are demanding transparency and labelling on beef products derived from Bovaer-fed cattle.
Labour and Hipkins continue with their very deliberate lackadaisical strategy.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Kate Green, Ruth Hill and Phil Pennington (RNZ): Health Commissioner to seek apology after 'cooking the books' accusation Tom Day (1News): 'Cooking the books' – Levy strongly rejects Verrall's claims Bridie Witton (Stuff): What we learned after a
Roy Morgan confirms the Post poll. Christopher Luxon can’t deny the downward slide any longer.
The Athenian practice of exiling citizens who allegedly posed a threat to democracy sounds crude, but also familiar.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Adam Pearse (Herald): Electoral Commission accepts failure over Manurewa Marae voting base selection Tara Ward (Spinoff): A journey through the 26 times Luxon said ‘what I say to you is’ on Q+A Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Act had disproportionate influence in
‘It's not what we’re seeing’: PM Luxon on poll showing hung parliament.
The changes will enable Aucklanders to influence the transport decisions that affect their daily lives.
If you are paying to live on your own property, you don’t really own it at all. Especially given that the government has the authority to evict you and sell it off if you fail to pay the property taxes.
Republished with Permission 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:
The opaque and constrained nature of the commission itself suggests that mistrust is still warranted. Why would a government set such limited terms of reference if there was nothing to conceal?
