NZ Politics Daily: 19 June 2024

INFRASTRUCTURE
Chris Trotter (Interest): The realm of the possible
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): We want nice things. We can’t afford them. Has Chris Bishop found an ‘edgy’ solution?
1News: Govt aims to build infrastructure faster with law shakeup
Erin Gourley (Post): Tolling on the table for second Mt Vic tunnel (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Chris Bishop acknowledges tolling for roads ‘may cause some angst’ (paywalled)

HOUSING
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Housing Minister highlights accommodation supplement amid review of housing supports
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government reviewing housing benefits; pondering transfer of state houses to community providers
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): The Front Page: Kāinga Ora: The future of New Zealand’s largest landlord
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Granny flats: Finance Minister Nicola Willis admits landlords might use proposed changes to rake in more cash
Nick James (RNZ): Granny flat change could make home ownership more obtainable, supporters say
Susan Edmunds RNZ): Granny flats: Do they pay off? Investors run the numbers
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Rental listings up 40 percent across country in three months to May
Newshub: NZ property: Demand for rentals is plummeting - what it means for tenants
Miriam Bell (Post): Demand for rental properties plummets (paywalled)
Greg Ninness (Interest): The huge overhang of unsold properties is weighing heavily on the housing market
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): NZ needs offshore buying
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): How necessary are resource consents?

PARLIAMENT
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: scrutiny weeks, mission control, AI and more… (paywalled)
Emma Hatton (Newsroom): Act’s top three front as spending scrutiny heats up at Parliament
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Scrutiny Week: Health Minister grilled over cancer meds, Parliament accessibility at risk
Post: Beehive Briefing: Everything you need to know from today
Claire Trevett (Herald): Parliament: Speaker Gerry Brownlee wants to boost security for MPs; Security teams could be given powers to arrest
Thomas Manch (Post): Brownlee takes swipe at ‘out of control’ Heritage NZ (paywalled)

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