Bernard's Top 10 @ 10:10am pick ‘n’ mix for Tuesday, March 26
Urgent Long Covid action needed; Why is the Govt reversing road safety moves on our dangerous roads? Supermarkets are data hogs too; Brett Christophers on how capitalism won’t save the planet
TL;DR: My top 10 news and analysis links this morning include:
Today’s must-read: The Public Health Communications Centre (PHCC) call for urgent preventive action and a risk assessment survey of long covid in this briefing note
Local scoop: NZ road deaths surpass OECD rates, so why is the govt reversing safety plans? The Listener/NZ Herald-$$$ Greg Dixon
Local deep-dive: Shanti Mathias on how supermarkets know everything from your gender to licence plate number via The Spinoff
Global scoop: British Government accuses groups linked to China of two 'malicious cyber campaigns', BBC reports.
Global deep-dive: Brett Christophers writes in his new book The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet that profits, not prices, drive renewable development investment. Bloomberg-gift
Column: Jonny Osborne writes via The Spinoff about the effects on renters of water metering, especially in Wellington.
Op-ed: Carolina Mejia Toro and Boyd Swinburn argue via this Public Health Communications Centre (PHCC) briefing note that the evidence shows Ka Ora, Ka Ako, the free healthy school lunch programme, is successful and should be expanded — not cut back.
Thread: Auckland Councillor Richard Hills analyses the Government Policy Statement on Transport (GPS) and finds a $500 million funding shortfall for Auckland over three years via X
Paper or report: A people’s review of Kāinga Ora by Child Poverty Action Group and Public Housing Futures.
Happy thing: Poor worker incomes in the United States are rising faster than rich worker incomes. For now.
Today’s must-read
‘Survey long covid now’
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