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TAXPAYERS’ UNION-CURIA POLL, MP PAY, PARLIAMENT
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Greens surge, Act down in new poll, Chris Bishop now more liked than Christopher Luxon
Newshub: National and Coalition partners ACT and NZ First slump in latest Taxpayers' Union - Curia Poll
RNZ: Coalition parties down, opposition up in Taxpayers Union-Curia poll
Taxpayers’ Union: More Bad News For Centre-Right As Government Parties Drop In Support
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): New Curia Poll – Right Wing meltdown but Labour still failing
Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon faces questions over whether MPs should get pay rises amid public service cuts
Bridie Witton (Stuff): MPs are having their pay reviewed - but there’s no guarantee it will go up
RNZ: MPs pay not a decision for politicians - National, Labour
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): MPs ‘paid lowest salary since 70s’ compared to average wage
Thomas Manch (Post): James Shaw’s departure prompts Green Party exodus (paywalled)
The Hui (Newshub): Future of Green MP Darleen Tana to be revealed as investigation into allegations nears end
Audrey Young (Herald): Coalition Government scores three wins in two days as Labour swings and misses
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Career politicians aren't great, but neither are inexperienced ones
GOVERNMENT, TAX CUTS, SPENDING CUTS, TARGETS
Claire Trevett (Herald): Coalition power players: David Seymour, Shane Jones - Act, NZ First ministers with most power (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): David Seymour wants explanation after Christopher Luxon told him he'd investigate leak - and then didn't
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Anatomy of a political misfire: How the PM’s accommodation supplement saga unfolded
Grant Duncan: A Superfluous Leader: Is Luxon actually an ersatz Key?
Susan St John (Daily Blog): Simplistic views of the causes of inflation don’t do the left any favours
Richard Prebble (Herald): Why not govern the country like it is a company? (paywalled)
Richard Shaw (The Conversation): NZ’s government is relying on executive power to govern – that’s not how MMP was meant to work
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): There's a first time for everything
Azaria Howell (Herald): Unions slam Prime Minister’s comment they ‘don’t seem to care about working New Zealanders’
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Nicola Willis admits some agencies won’t hit savings target, hints MFAT may get lighter cuts
Kate Prickett and Polly Atatoa Carr (Newsroom): Poverty and inequity – no data, no delivery
Kate Green (RNZ): Public servants want to know if management positions will be on the chopping block
Kelly Dennett (Post): Nicola Willis sets sights on senior civil servants amid savings exercise (paywalled)
1News: Minister 'not convinced' Fire and Emergency needs levy boost
Kate Green (RNZ): Niwa proposes to cut up to 90 jobs - union
1News: Up to 90 jobs could go at leading climate researcher NIWA
Molly Swift (Newshub): NIWA proposes cutting up to 90 jobs amid public service cuts
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Oranga Tamariki hiring freeze raises concerns about child safety
RNZ: Dozens of jobs set to be axed at Commerce Commission
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): The Front Page:What we know so far about the public sector savings and proposed job cuts
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Public service job cuts: What ministries are proposing
Newshub: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon wants New Zealand to be Estonia
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: Target gaming, lobbyists getting their way, and more … (paywalled)
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): There's a value in setting targets
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