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Willis eyes more tax from banks
Briefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Monday, July 7:
* Finance Minister Nicola Willis is considering changing the tax settings for banks in Budget 2026, possibly including an Australian-style ‘Major Bank Levy,’ the NZ Herald-$ reports this morning. See more in The Lead below the paywall fold and hear more in the podcast above.
* Women in the lower North Island will have to travel to Christchurch for ovarian and cervical cancer surgeries for the next four to five years because Wellington’s now-retired sole gynaecological oncologist has…
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