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Bernard's Chorus: Why so relaxed Minister?
Today in the news from Aotearoa and elsewhere about our political economy around housing, climate and poverty:
* Tax Minister Simon Watts says he doesn’t have a view about the fairness of global tech giants arranging their finances so they don’t have to pay $600 million per year in taxes in New Zealand, Jenée Tibshraeny reports this morning for the front page of the Weekend NZ Herald-$ (See more below in Today’s Top Six Pick n’ Mix & in Front Pages in the Early Bird.)
* The Government’s over-arching aim to reduce state spending to below 30% of GDP is behind the lack of funding for about 80…
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