Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, November 11:
Diabetes rates are rising along with an ageing population, high child poverty and more Covid infections, which the Government is not considering in any longer-term fiscal analysis of prevention measures, such as taxing sugar, reducing poverty or encouraging Covid vaccinations. 1News
Scoop du jour: NZ prison population exceeds 10,000 for first time in four years NZ Herald’s Adam Pearse
Deep-dive du jour: The number of repeat serious youth offenders is dropping. No-one knows why NZ Herald-$$$’s Derek Cheng
Solutions news: ‘Game changing’ economy boost from cancer treatment company. The Press’ Sophie Lapsley
Editorial opinion: The edge Australia has as a place to live - and what we can learn from it. Sam Stubbs in The Post
Chart of the day: Coalition lead over Opposition slumps in Roy Morgan Poll
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1. Diabetes rates rising, but prevention not Govt priority
National-ACT-NZ coalition ignoring longer term, wider effects
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