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Luxon launched a parliamentary inquiry into rural banking services, to see how the banks have been treating farmers faced with high interest rates. And Macron's shock decision to dissolve the French National Assembly seems to be a strategy to lure the right-wing party of Marine Le Pen into government to blunt her appeal.
Ian Powell discusses the government’s neglect of public health and the peril this risks for the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders. When one thinks of medical doctors what usually immediately comes to mind is those doctors who treat and diagnose patients. This is hardly surprisingly given that this is what the large majority of doctors do, primarily in general practices and hospitals.
The Risks And Rewards Of Raising The Foreign Tourist Tax. The government has proposed raising the international visitor levy to $100. But first New Zealand needs a clear strategy about who it’s trying to attract, and in what numbers.
Unless this planet of ours can end war – we do not have a hope of addressing climate change. Alastair sets out an argument as to why the COP should begin discussing addressing the growing cost of both war itself – Gaza and Ukraine, and of the new arms race that is currently underway.
Will anyone really want to invest big time in resuming oil and gas exploration in our corner of the planet? Yes, our ageing natural gas fields are in decline. But betting on foreign oil companies to come to the rescue is a forlorn hope.
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