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The last time Shane Jones got in this much trouble over a Cabinet Manual breach was after he told the CEO of a publicly-owned airline to make up his mind whether he wanted to be a politician or not.
That CEO was Christopher Luxon...
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Labour hosted an interesting Aukus conference today.
Well made points all round. Have added a few things from the other side too.
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Revealed: The Government is ending a loan scheme designed to help strengthen earthquake-prone apartments, leaving gobsmacked owners in the lurch. This is devastating for the more than 50 owners who have secured conditional eligibility approvals. @nzheraldnzherald.co.nz/nz/government-…
There is still an issue here. Across all main benefit types people are spending longer on benefits than five years ago.
The issue is just not quite as marked as it was made to appear
There is still an issue here. Across all main benefit types people are spending longer on benefits than five years ago.
The issue is just not quite as marked as it was made to appear
Dug into numbers around claim KO under Labour would sell 10k state homes.
Treasury thinks that assumption was unreasonable.
KO says it would lead to no net reduction in public housing places and would increase the total number of homes in NZ nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/tr…
Another policy focused episode of On The Tiles. This week we talked to Chris Penk about his plans for Building and Construction and Defence procurement. Some really interesting comments on the review of quake parts of the Building Act.
Another policy focused episode of On The Tiles. This week we talked to Chris Penk about his plans for Building and Construction and Defence procurement. Some really interesting comments on the review of quake parts of the Building Act.
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