FAST-TRACK BILL
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Fast-track Approvals Bill: Chief Ombudsman calls for accountability by law
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Fast-track bill creates ‘enormous executive power’ says chief ombudsman (paywalled)
Anna Murray (1News): OK, slow down - what even is the fast-track bill?
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Why Pākiri locals fear the Government’s Fast Track Bill could steal away protection of their pristine coastline
1News: Environmentalist: Govt’s fast-track bill is going back to the 80s
BUDGET, ECONOMY
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Who will fix our dysfunctional economy? (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Government backs itself into Budget corner on tax cuts (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Reserve Bank balance sheet blowout explained (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Belt-tightening, yes, but certainly no austerity on the way (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Interest rates: the govt's medicine might be hard to swallow (paywalled)
Damien Grant (Stuff): Nicola Willis isn’t going to balance the books by culling a few tea ladies
Neil Holdom (Sunday Star Times): A tale of two budgets: Government should face same scrutiny as councils (paywalled)
Herald: On the Tiles: Can the Government deliver on its pledges?
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): NZ should follow Singapore and Ireland to grow economy (paywalled)
Eric Crampton: Robertson's Seventh Budget?
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Chartered accountants and Deloitte set out expectations for the Budget (paywalled)
ENERGY
Claire Trevett (Herald): The problems and politics of a winter power crisis for Simeon Brown, Shane Jones (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Power shortages: What's being done to keep the lights on?
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): How New Zealand got through the power supply threat by a narrow margin
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Government hypes gas crisis ahead of restarting drilling
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Labour’s decisions continue to affect us negatively (paywalled)
Post: Editorial: The power and the passion (paywalled)
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Politicians lay blame after narrowly-averted power cuts highlight energy security issues
RNZ: Warning of 'tight winter', national power grid needing back-up
Herald Editorial: Energy crisis - Will Kiwis be able to heat their homes this winter? (paywalled)
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): 'Cold, inefficient' homes to blame for power outage fears, says Green Building Council
RNZ: Cold houses to blame for people needing to 'blast the heater' - Green Building Council
RNZ: Cold snap power cuts avoided as consumers make 'significant' cuts to usage
The Standard: Power cuts or Powerdown?
James Nokise (Post): Are we just papering over the electricity gaps? (paywalled)
RNZ: Bioenergy suggested to meet NZ's national power grid demands
RNZ: Solar storm: Transpower restores power circuits after weekend emergency
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