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[ad_1] National commends Australia for introducing income tax cuts to help stimulate the economy amid the COVID-19 economic downturn, so here’s a brief look at how they stack up to the tax cuts National has proposed. Australia’s current income tax system Australia has income tax brackets the same way we …

[ad_1] The confusion has started over the last advance announcement of the Provincial Growth Fund, days before the financing amount was confirmed. Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones will make an announcement on marae renovations in Northland on Friday. But on Wednesday morning, ACT leader David Seymour called the funding …

[ad_1] The New Conservative Party has failed to convince a judge that it should be included in a TVNZ debate. Lawyers for the political party sought an urgent injunction in Auckland High Court in an attempt to force the network to include them in its multi-party debate tomorrow night. The …

[ad_1] New Zealand’s election boils down to a simple contest between the Labor-Green bloc on the left and the National-ACT bloc on the right. Although the right is lagging in the polls, if it won the majority, ACT Party leader David Seymour could become deputy prime minister. Either way, ACT …

[ad_1] Judith Collins and an Auckland optometrist disagreed on today’s campaign, with the national leader rejected from the central Auckland eyewear store. Collins took a walk in Ponsonby, where she was greeted by strategically located national supporters some 20 meters away, prompting complaints from a “rental crowd.” But when Collins …

[ad_1] CAMPAIGN JOURNAL: There are 10 days left and National Leader Judith Collins is spending her time talking about whether she will resign after the election, whether her MPs are leaking against her and about blatantly organized interactions with supporters in the campaign queue. It’s a potentially damning narrative, one …

[ad_1] The president of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club has been convicted of money laundering and conspiracy to supply pseudoephedrine, a precursor to methamphetamine. After more than four weeks, the High Court trial against President Pasilika Naufahu, Connor Michael Tamati Clausen and a woman with name suppression has come to an …

[ad_1] The owners of a bed and breakfast in Lake Ōhau ran a “mad rush” on their property overnight to find their pet lamb and cat still alive nearly three days after a fire destroyed their home. The fire, which broke out early Sunday morning, had spread over more than …

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump said today that he has instructed his aides to stop negotiating in another round of Covid-19 relief until after the election. Trump tweeted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “was not negotiating in good faith” and said he asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to direct …

[ad_1] The Detail is a daily news podcast produced for RNZ by Press room and is published in Stuff excuse me. Click on this link to subscribe to the podcast. Reaching 100 percent renewable energy in New Zealand sounds like a great statistic to brag about, but is it the …