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Budget cuts penny wise & pound foolish
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 4:
* Budget cuts are storing up costs for future taxpayers and Governments.
* Scoop of the day: The Government is set to deliver another budget-cutting blow for the South Island.
* Deep-dive of the day: Chris Bishop’s RMA reforms have an element of ‘Xi Jinping’ thought about them.
* Solutions news: There’s great news coming out of Cannons Creek on housing supply.
* Quote of the day: One of the Cannons Creek house-builders rightly highlights how…
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