POLITICAL DONATIONS, PARLIAMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Following the political money
Bryan Bruce: Democracy For Sale
Bryan Bruce: Democracy For Sale Part 2
NZ Centrist: Do political donations “buy” meaningful influence?
Herald Editorial: Empathy missing in action as MPs take pay rise
NZ Centrist: Are Kiwi MPs overpaid? Here’s the numbers
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government keen on electoral law changes, Chris Hipkins blames Electoral Commission for enrolments debacle
Newstalk: Election 2023 counting errors - what went wrong? (paywalled)
RNZ: Government considers removing election day voter enrolment
Post: ‘Citizens do actually have duties’: Govt considers rolling back election day enrolments (paywalled)
No Right Turn: National hates democracy
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Parliament asks for budget for its watchdogs
Peter Dunne: Beware the all-knowing Controller and Auditor-General
David Harvey: The Summoning
BUDGET, ECONOMY
1News: Budget 2024: Willis promises 'meaningful but modest' tax relief
Thomas Manch (Post): National to bring back social investment policy (paywalled)
RNZ: 'Darkest before the dawn': Nicola Willis rules out austerity Budget
Herald: Nicola Willis hints at tax relief changes
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): ‘Worrying trend’: More unemployment pain to come this year
Dan Brunskill (Interest): New Zealand faces economic crunch in late 2024
Newstalk: The 'sobering' OECD report - what can New Zealand do in response (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): OECD projects NZ debt to hit 100% of GDP by 2050 even with major reform (paywalled)
Ben Thomas (Post): The wins have started, but Government still needs to beat the gloom (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Inside Economics: Does high immigration make unemployment worse? What’s driving olive oil, cocoa and coffee price spikes... and will we listen to the OECD? (paywalled)
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