GOVERNMENT
Matthew Hooton (Herald): All power to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s elbow (paywalled)
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Luxon’s ruthless show of strength is perfect for our angry era
Peter Dunne: Luxon gets out his butcher's knife – briefly
ODT: Editorial – You’ve got to roll with it (paywalled)
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Hysterical Hipkins
Rob Campbell (The Post): The disturbing ways our `Cluster Government’ may be right (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): The government's 22 trips abroad in April
MEDIA
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Media minister rolled as industry awaits plan
Richard Harman: What did Melissa Lee do? (paywalled)
Trent Doyle (Newshub): Chris Hipkins questions Paul Goldsmith as Broadcasting Minister replacement due to $4b fiscal plan hole in 2020
Shayne Currie (Herald): New Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith speaks; Scotty Stevenson’s new radio show; A lifeline for top newspaper that closed last week (paywalled)
Emily Brookes (RNZ) Three's Ryan Bridge rumoured to be signing with Newstalk ZB
The Post: Media Council upholds complaint about undeclared conflict of interest in tobacco control opinion piece
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: Film production firm Stripe Studios (Comedy) Ltd owes $2.25m, including more than $600,000 to US comedian and actress - liquidator’s report (paywalled)
FAST-TRACK BILL
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Quarry connected to $55,000 donation to NZ First and Shane Jones, approached over fast-track (paywalled)
Chris Bishop (Herald): Fast Track Approvals Bill - New Zealand has become an obstruction economy (paywalled)
Natalia Albert: The Fast Track Bill in New Zealand: Consequence to our Pace of Change?
Robert MacCulloch: How National Can Neutralize Serious Allegations of Corruption Should the "Fast Track" Bill Become Law
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