The Kākā’s Journal of Record for Thursday, July 18
Full Simon Watts news conference, including questions from Bernard; Auditor General reviewing Treaty settlement performance; ComCom says Auckland Airport plan includes $200m excess profit
TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Thursday, July 18, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day are:
Verbatim: Climate Change Minister Simon Watts held a news conference in Auckland to release the Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan, including our exchanges.
The Auditor General announced an audit of public organisations’ ability to meet their Te Tiriti o Waitangi settlements.
Stats NZ reported annual inflation fell to 3.3% in the June quarter from a year ago.
The Australian Government's Centre for Population released a study on different factors affecting economic outcomes for permanent migrants to Australia.
Immigration Minister Erica Stanford announced that migrant school leavers awaiting the outcome of a family residence application would be entitled to work part time from October.
The Commerce Commission released its review of Auckland International Airport's pricing decisions for 2022-2027, finding them higher than needed to improve customer service and infrastructure and that they included “about $200 million in excess profit.”
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The Journal of Record for the day to 6:00 am on Thursday, July 18:
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