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Govt may kick elderly out of hospitals
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, September 14:
* The National/ACT/NZ First Government is considering shunting elderly patients out of hospitals and lifting thresholds for entry to try to ‘free up’ 200,000 bed-nights in a drive to save $1.4 billion.
* In scoop of the day, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is considering removing the public sector’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2025.
* In deep-dive of the day, Simeon Brown removed car emissions standards early to meet an industry…
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