Dawn Chorus for Monday, November 11

Diabetes rates are rising, yet the government remains hyper-focused on short-term cost reduction and is not considering wider prevention measures. Photo: Getty Images

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:

1. 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

2. Scoop du jour: NZ prison population exceeds 10,000 for first time in four years NZ Herald’s Adam Pearse

3. Deep-dive du jour: The number of repeat serious youth offenders is dropping. No-one knows why NZ Herald-$$$’s Derek Cheng

4. Solutions news: ‘Game changing’ economy boost from cancer treatment company. The Press’ Sophie Lapsley

5. Editorial opinion: The edge Australia has as a place to live - and what we can learn from it. Sam Stubbs in The Post

6. Chart of the day: Coalition lead over Opposition slumps in Roy Morgan Poll

(There is more detail, analysis and links to documents below the paywall fold and in the podcast above for paying subscribers. If we get over 100 likes we’ll open it up for public reading, listening and sharing.)

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1. Diabetes rates rising, but prevention not Govt priority

National-ACT-NZ coalition ignoring longer term, wider effects