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, September 30:
Over 35,000 people marched in Dunedin on Saturday to protest against the Government’s plans to downgrade the new hospital being built there.
In the scoop of the day, Labour’s internal polling shows the left bloc just two percentage points behind the Government, Chris Hipkins told Henry Cooke in The Post-$$$.
In the deep-dive of the day, Ganesh Nana explains to Jack Tame on Q+A why Government debt is much less worrying than private debt.
In solutions news, Chris Penk has announced building consent authority reforms and plans to shift final liability for building defects away from councils.
In quote of the day, one of the 35,000 marchers in Dunedin explains their opposition to the Government.
In chart of the day, the UK closes down its last coal-fired power plant, while New Zealand is still burning over a million tonnes a year to generate electricity.
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1. The Government just alienated the South Island
More than one in four people from Dunedin marched on Saturday to protest against the Government’s breaking of its promise to build full-sized new hospital that could cope with future growth.
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