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Back to the future, with a 2032 deadline
TL;DR: The six news items of note for me in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy as of 9:06 am on Monday, April 8 are:
* PM Christopher Luxon announcing “nine ambitious Government targets to help improve the lives of New Zealanders.” Seven would return results to pre-Covid levels and one is adopted from Labour. Only one is newly ambitious: 80% school attendance. (See and hear more detail and analysis below and in the podcast)
* The targets to shorten emergency department wait times, reduce cut treatment wait times and reduce child and youth offending and violent crime were achieved just before…
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