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Will debt reduction trump abuse in care redress?
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Will debt reduction trump abuse in care redress?

Luxon pledges to 'do the right thing' by compensating up to 200,000 abused in care, 'because it isn't about the dollars,' but the cost will be multi-billions, endangering his debt reduction plans
Jul 25, 2024
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Luxon speaks in Parliament yesterday about the Abuse in Care report. Photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

TL;DR: The top six things I’ve noted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy today are:

  1. PM Christopher Luxon said yesterday in tabling the Abuse in Care report in Parliament he wanted to ‘do the right thing’ by compensating th…

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