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TAX RISE: The government is pushing ahead with legislation to increase the top tax rate despite an IRD warning that the move could damage the economy.
HEALTH LINE: An American-Australian partnership and the NZ St John’s Ambulance will run a $7.5 million trial health advice line due to start next year.
XMAS LIGHTS: The Consumer Affairs Ministry has recalled 5200 sets of christmas lights due to dangers posed by faulty adaptors.
RADAR SYSTEM: Thousands of airline passengers were delayed yesterday after an hour and a half long fault with the national airline radar system.
EDWARDS OUT: Broadcaster Brian Edwards’s top rating Saturday Top O’ The Morning radio show has been dumped because RNZ heads consider it “dull and predictable”.
ABORTION: PM Helen Clark has endorsed Justice Minister Phil Goff’s calls for a review of abortion laws.
HARVEY HOLDS ON: Controversial Labour Party President Bob Harvey has kept his job after surviving a confidence vote forced by his supporters.
ACC: The government introduced legislation removing competition from workplace accident insurance yesterday.
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Binoy Kampmark: Warring Against Encryption, Australia Is Coming For Your Communications
Gordon Campbell: On Fast Track Powers, Media Woes And The Tiktok Ban
Binoy Kampmark: Censorship Wars, Elon Musk, Safety Commissioners And Violent Content
Gordon Campbell: On The Public Sector Carnage, And Misogyny As Terrorism
Ramzy Baroud: NATO’s Never-ending War: The 75-Year-Old Bully Is Faltering