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Monday's Chorus: A new round of austerity
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Briefly in the news in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate:
* The Lead: A swathe of new mayors are promising local austerity after voters punished councillors and mayors who pushed through big rates increases in the last two years. This will add another wave of uncertainty and fear into local economies already worried about central Government spending cuts.
* The Sidebar: The Government has shifted the goalposts for methane reductions to half way up the field to reduce the pain for…
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