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The holes (still) in National's (not so) new infrastructure policy
TL;DR: National has released its infrastructure policy for the election, opting for a tweaked version of a bipartisan and 30-year-long low-infrastructure-investment and low-public-debt strategy that created our housing and climate crises and has dug a $200 billion infrastructure hole for future generations to live with or fill.
Elsewhere, there’s news in our political economy on climate, housing and poverty, as:
* Chris Hipkins revealed Michael Wood was asked to sell his Auckland Airport shares 12 times, prompting the opposition to call for his sacking;
* Auckland City councillors will decide…
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