POLITICAL INTEGRITY
Simon Wilson (Herald): National MP David MacLeod and a Parliament full of conflicts of interest (paywalled)
David Fisher (Herald): Pharmac Minister David Seymour met Act MP Todd Stephenson’s former drug company employer - and the MP sat in on the meeting (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Med school backdown the “right thing” says Seymour (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton: Long-suffering Waikato Med School proposal moves from asylum to morgue (paywalled)
David Farrar: Te Pāti Māori playing the race card
David Farrar: $12,000 of expenses in three days?
FAST TRACK, ENVIRONMENT
Russel Norman (Herald): The fast-track bill puts Aotearoa up for sale
Chris Trotter (Interest): Forget the loud-hailers Minister, what you need is TikTok
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): RMA reform targets coal mines on protected land
Adam Pearse (Herald): Auckland Council opposes fast-track bill, citing insufficient evidence and poor consultation processes
Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Destroying the seabed for green reasons
Brent Edwards (NBR): Submitters argue Fast-Track Bill good for economy and environment (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Infrastructure NZ backs Fast-track bill — with major revisions (paywalled)
Bryan Bruce: "That was then this is now."
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Shane Jones has a point
Jamie Morton (Herald): Keep NZ Beautiful boss and team resign over frustrations with Government
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Keep NZ Beautiful 'will likely fold', as boss hits out at Government
RNZ: All staff from charity Keep New Zealand Beautiful resigns
BUDGET
Derek Cheng (Herald): Budget 2024: Where are the billions of dollars for tax cuts coming from? What we know so far (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Why we could be in for more surprise cuts and costs this Budget
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Welcome to the week of the tax cut
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Why I support tax cuts that aren’t tooth fairy economics
Terry Baucher (Interest): The New Zealand Tax Podcast – Budget preview: What might Inland Revenue get funding for and how Nicola Willis could raise $400 million
Anna Rawhiti-Connell (Spinoff): Ten things I learned while reading 17,000 words of pre-budget speeches
Adam Pearse and Claire Trevett (Herald): Budget 2024: Government public service cuts becoming clear as Finance Minister forecasts ‘frontline’ Budget
RNZ: Ahead of Budget, Nicola Willis refuses to rule out further public sector cuts
Felix Desmarais (1News): Budget 2024: Willis reveals number of public service jobs chopped
Adam Pearse (Herald): Budget 2024: PM Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis front ahead of this week’s Budget
Emma Hatton (Newsroom): Finance Minister lifts the lid on public sector cuts
Anna Whyte (Post): Government advice estimates public service role cuts almost 4000 (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): ACC CEO flies business class for Europe work trip amid 390 proposed job cuts
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Exemption for Mfat on budget cuts 'isn't acceptable' – Taxpayers’ Union (paywalled)
Tim Hurdle (Post): Unblurring the lines of accountability for a more efficient public sector (paywalled)
Simon Shepherd (Newshub): Budget 2024: Tax cuts, spending cuts and a weak economy - what banks are predicting
Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): Budget 2024: Economist Brad Olsen predicts 'quite sizeable' tax cuts
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Budget 2024: Cancer patient begs Government to keep drug funding promise
Chris Keall (Herald): Budget 2024: What the tech sector wants to see (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): How hopeful are you New Zealand?
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): I'm looking forward to Budget Week
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Great pre-Budget announcement for getting more people into teaching
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