DEFENCE
Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): NZDF failed to share crucial info on Operation Burnham investigation - Ombudsman
RNZ: Operation Burnham: Defence Force failed to share info crucial to investigation
Trent Doyle (Newshub): Chief Ombudsman calls out NZ Defence Force for acting 'unreasonably' during investigation
Thomas Manch (Post): Ombudsman finds NZ Defence Force acted ‘unreasonably’ (paywalled)
No Right Turn: The Ombudsman fails again
Mare Haimona-Riki (Te Ao Māori News): Māori war veterans seek compensation for post-war injustices
Erin Speedy (Newsroom): Dear minister, military families need your help
OPPOSITION PARTIES
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Greens need to move on from scandals (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Julie Anne Genter discusses Parliament confrontation: Green MP says she made a mistake, will receive training
RNZ: Suspended Green MP Darleen Tana on full pay misses half Parliament's 2024 sitting days
Newshub: Suspended Green MP Darleen Tana has missed as many Parliament sitting days as she's been present this year
Tom Peters (World Socialists): What is behind the turmoil in the New Zealand Green Party?
Peter Dunne: The contest for the future heart and soul of the Labour Party
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): Use of strong language needed when no-one is listening (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT, BUDGET, ECONOMY
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government gets advice on 28-year-old idea for billion-dollar merger and potential sale of state assets (paywalled)
Newshub: Budget 2024: All eyes on next fortnight as Government reveals how it will pay for tax cuts
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Indexing tax brackets to inflation has enormous support among voters but Treasury warns fiscal drag has been crucial to funding successive governments
ODT Editorial: Aust and NZ Budget challenges (paywalled)
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Redundancy totalling $339,000 paid in shuttering the Productivity Commission (paywalled)
RNZ: How many public sector roles are going, and from where?
RNZ: NZTA to cut more than 120 jobs, as MPI confirms 391 roles going
1News: MPI confirms 391 job cuts, more than initially proposed
Anna Whyte (Post): MPI goes ahead with cutting almost 400 roles (paywalled)
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): The govt's productivity issue approach: tiger or tabby (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): It's all about the RBNZ's forecasts (paywalled)
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): More people 'drowning in debt' as cost of living crisis bites
Ella Somers (Interest): FinCap sees number of people seeking financial mentoring jump over 40%
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Lobbying for Waikato’s Medical School causing problems for the Govt
Brent Edwards (NBR): Productivity, charter schools, roads, fast-track bill, gangs
HEALTH
Chris Trotter (Newstalk ZB): Making Our Health System Amount To A Can Of Beans (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Health negotiators told to put sovereignty ahead of stopping pandemics
Perry Wilton (Newshub): Major report calls for National Food Strategy due to Kiwis' poor diets
Kevin Dew, Alex Broom, Chris Cunningham, Elizabeth Dennett, Kerry Chamberlain, and Richard Egan (The Conversation): Surviving cancer shouldn't depend on how you navigate the system
Amanda Gillies (Newshub): Cancer patient disappointed as she awaits National's drug funding election promise
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Bringing back $5 prescription fee could have ‘detrimental’ health impacts - study
RNZ: Bringing back prescription fees could lead to jump in hospital admissions, study shows
RNZ: Junior doctors strike over pay and conditions
Rachel Thomas and Maddy Croad (Post): Junior doctors make ‘miniscule’ progress over pay negotiations (paywalled)
Rose Crossin and Joe Boden (ODT): Young people in NZ ‘deserve better’ when it comes to drug policies
Davina Zimmer (RNZ): The Detail: A bold call from experts on drug legalisation
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