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Dawn Chorus for Friday, April 5
TL;DR: The six news items of note for me in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy on Friday, April 5 included:
* Just as the Government freezes infrastructure spending and grants to councils and slashes public R&D and science spending, ASB economists cite forecasts that Aotearoa-NZ faces an infrastructure bill of $1 trillion and call for cross-party consensus on user pays, along with more Government borrowing to pay for it. (See more detail and analysis below and in the podcast above)
* Cabinet minister Matt Doocey was blindsided by his own Ministry’s proposal to close the Suicide Prevention Office…
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