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Bernard’s Sunday Soliloquy for the week to August 11
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Bernard’s Sunday Soliloquy for the week to August 11

Including a Sunday morning podcast reflecting on the six things that mattered this week, and charts, quotes & cartoons of the week, plus my weekend reading & scoops & deep dives of the week selections
Bernard Hickey
Aug 10, 2024
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TL;DR: My top six things to note around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the week to August 11 were:

tilt shift lens photography of black steel faucet
Photo by Luis Tosta on Unsplash

1. LGFA to open borrowing taps for councils

Govt-backed borrower to allow 500% debt for water units

Rightly, the Government has finally pivoted back to using Government-backed borrowing to kic…

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