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SPY AGENCIES
David Fisher (Herald): Edward Snowden leaked papers reveal rogue spying tool found in GCSB was likely used to hunt War on Terror targets - and spy on China
Nicky Hager (RNZ): Spy system hosted by GCSB likely to be one used in capture-kill operations
Derek Cheng (Herald): ‘Intolerably imprecise’: Watchdog blasts spy agency for use of class warrants for highly intrusive surveillance
RNZ: Spy agency's surveillance powers too broad, Inspector-General warns
No Right Turn: The SIS turns Parliament into liars again
David Farrar: Bad GCSB
CHINA SPYING ALLEGATIONS
Matthew Hooton (Herald): China’s spy attack on New Zealand first since 1985 (paywalled)
Newstalk ZB: 'Broad and long-standing': Trade Minister defends relationship with China following cyber-attack (paywalled)
Juha Saarinen (Interest): We are not a national firewall;' The GCSB's battle to keep NZ cyber secure
Eva Corlett (Guardian): New Zealand parliament targeted in China-backed hack in 2021, spy agency says
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Why are we surprised about China?
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): What a bunch of pushovers we are
GOVERNMENT
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Budget 2024: tax cuts a promise not to be broken (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Willis’s tax cuts dilemma (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Budget Policy Statement a sobering reality check (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Nicola Willis and the present I forgot to buy
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Goodbye surplus, hello tax cuts: Finance Minister reveals she won't hit target of returning to surplus
Luke Malpass (Post): Budget Policy Statement: No surprises, calculated restraint (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): Finance Minister Nicola Willis says she’s no Ruth Richardson, hints at Budget’s likely winners in slow and steady approach (paywalled)
Bridie Witton (Stuff): The delicate balance around National’s proposed tax cuts
Grant Duncan: Can we improve the economy?
Ben Thomas (Post): Cutting waste a much more complicated task than it sounds (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Budget Policy Statement shows coalition promises don't add up - Labour, Greens
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Budget Policy Statement: Willis promises cuts despite late return to surplus
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Budget Policy Statement: Nicola Willis concedes she won’t be able to get the books back in shape quickly
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Tight Budget confirmed as Willis says surplus even by 2028 ‘not a given’ (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Budget Policy Statement shows the Coalition Government needs to rethink its fiscal plan to prevent deficits from stretching past 2028
Brent Edwards (NBR): Coalition Government lays out priorities for May Budget (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Surplus in 2027 ‘not achievable’ on current forecasts – Willis
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Tax cuts, more funding for health, law and order to come in May Budget
Ingrid Leary (Southland Times): Families will pay the price for reckless tax cuts
Arena Williams (Herald): National promised to get cost of living under control; supermarkets and banks still make laughable profits
Lynn Prentice (Standard): NZ Initiative – tax cuts are silly at present. I have to agree.
Anna Whyte (Post): Cuts keep coming: ‘Brutal’ slash proposed for Ministry for Pacific Peoples (paywalled)
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Benedict Collins (1News): Government denies it's delivering 'jobs for the boys’
Thomas Manch (Post): Inside Luxon's 41 minute turnaround on accommodation allowance (paywalled)
Brian Easton (Pundit): How Are We To Think About Winston Peter’s Fiscal Hole Claim?
Thomas Manch (Post): Peters says he 'knows more' about greyhound racing than PM (paywalled)
Newstalk ZB: 'Winston is always looking for an apology': Whether the Government should apologise for dismissed cases
Max Salmon (Herald): Government departments, ministerial roles a tangled forest (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Can Inland Revenue cope with childcare rebate workload?
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