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Simeon Brown threatens councils on water reform
TL;DR: My six things of note this morning for Monday, March 25 include:
* Simeon Brown threatening intervention if councils refuse reasonable Three Waters-style mergers of water assets off their balance sheets; 1News Q+A (See more detail and analysis below)
* Chris Bishop detailing four phases of RMA reform in two years to planners in a speech, then telling them politicians make better consent decisions than planners; (See more detail and analysis below)
* John Key suggesting to Christopher Luxon he back away from doing big tax cuts and big spending cuts all in one budget, via Fran O’Sullivan…
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