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‘The funds for infrastructure projects need to be prioritised and released’
Long stories short, the top six things in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, February 17 are:
* Engineering New Zealand CEO Richard Templer said yesterday hundreds of engineers are losing their jobs and leaving the country as work dries up due to stalling infrastructure projects;
* Templer pleaded for the Government to free up funds to restart stalled projects, but Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop simply responded the Government had approved projects, without addressing Templer’s point;
* However, our Chart of the Day below shows the coalition…
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