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Seymour the grand ruler of cutting red tape: The early childhood education sector is the first target of David Seymour's red tape attack ...
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Seymour the grand ruler of cutting red tape
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Russian delegation visits Pyongyang to discuss cooperation against spying, KCNA says
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Russian delegation visits Pyongyang to discuss cooperation against spying ...
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Victoria University professor spoken to about anti-government social media post: The Department of PM and Cabinet has warned Victoria University that the post ...
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Victoria University professor spoken to about anti-government social media ...
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The public service agencies asked to cut spending: The Finance Minister is looking to slash public service spending annually by $1.5 billion ...
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The public service agencies asked to cut spending
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A rare bipartisanship on terror and why that’s a problem: The response to a Royal Commission into the Christchurch terror attack seems to be petering out ...
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A rare bipartisanship on terror and why that’s a problem
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New Zealand government scraps world-first smoking ban: The generational ban, which would have stopped anyone born after 2009 buying tobacco ...
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New Zealand government scraps world-first smoking ban
Quick Glance: New Zealand Smoking Ban Reversal Sparks Health Expert Criticism
  • New Zealand passed laws in 2022 to restrict and eventually ban cigarette sales to future generations.

  • Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in New Zealand, and the policy aimed to prevent young generations from picking up the habit.

  • Health experts strongly criticized the sudden reversal.

  • The announcement of the government's repeal of the laws shocked health experts who believed the policy would remain untouched.
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Health experts decry New Zealand's scrapping of world-first tobacco ban: Health and tobacco campaigners said on Monday that New Zealand's plan to repeal laws ...
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Health experts decry New Zealand's scrapping of world-first tobacco ban
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NZ First’s Patterson in his roles for good reason: Nestled down near the bottom of the ministerial list on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ...
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NZ First’s Patterson in his roles for good reason
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Quarter of conspiracists say violence 'acceptable to achieve change': One in four "strong believers of misinformation" say violence and ...
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Quarter of conspiracists say violence 'acceptable to achieve ...
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Ongoing questions on telecommunications resilience remain unanswered: Analysis - Hawke's Bay dodged a much worse cellphone and internet blackout in Cyclone ...
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Ongoing questions on telecommunications resilience remain unanswered
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Behind the scenes of Cabinet: Rachel Hayward has two overlapping jobs, ‘organising’ both Cabinet and the Executive Council. Those twin roles are an also a great ...
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Behind the scenes of Cabinet
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Cyclone Recovery Unit appoints chief executive: Casey, who has led the government's Implementation Unit and Covid-19 Group, has been acting in the role since 28 ...
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Cyclone Recovery Unit appoints chief executive
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$30m-plus on a transition to... what?: Questions are raised over fundamental work not done by the health transition unit
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$30m-plus on a transition to... what?
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NZ gives Indo-Pacific 'advice' for global dilemmas: The chief executive of New Zealand's Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) has ...
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NZ gives Indo-Pacific 'advice' for global dilemmas
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Morrison faces prospect of censure motion over damning secret ministry report: The former PM has defended his decisions to take on multiple portfolios ...
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Morrison faces prospect of censure motion over damning secret ministry ...
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Where Govt is lacking in post-March 15 reforms: Government urged to spend more to respond to 2019 terror attack.
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Where Govt is lacking in post-March 15 reforms
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Concern over NZ Defence Force-trained extremists: The Defence Force has carried out 16 investigations in the past two years.
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Concern over NZ Defence Force-trained extremists
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Revealed: Up to 120,000 Kiwi Covid workers to get award badges, citations: Worked in the Covid response? You may be getting a lapel pin and citation.
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Revealed: Up to 120,000 Kiwi Covid workers to get award badges, citations
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What do we know about Morrison’s secret ministries?: Many questions have been raised about former prime minister Scott Morrison’s move to secretly have himself ...
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What do we know about Morrison’s secret ministries?
Quick Glance: Look for documents granting Morrison covert ministerial authority.
  • Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison took over the ministries of then-health minister Greg Hunt (right), then-finance minister Mathias Cormann (bottom-left), and then-resources minister Keith Pitt without informing the Australian public of his decision.

  • Later that year, Pitt heard that the then-prime minister had also taken on the resources portfolio.

  • "The governor-general appointed former prime minister Morrison to administer portfolios other than the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet," he added, "following normal procedure and acting on the advice of the government of the day."

  • When asked if Morrison had taken over the Defence Ministry, Dutton responded, "Not to my knowledge."
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Search for documents authorising Morrison’s secret ministerial powers: The Albanese government is exploring the possibility that the former prime minister may ...
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Search for documents authorising Morrison’s secret ministerial powers
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PM's terrorism, extremism expert Prof Richard Jackson hired then dropped: He was told he had the job - start day March 1. Then he was mentioned in a news story.
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PM's terrorism, extremism expert Prof Richard Jackson hired then dropped
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Confusion has replaced compassion: Five months after introducing the Govt to a potentially "game-changing" Covid test used worldwide ...
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Confusion has replaced compassion
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Covid 19: Government releases social media 'listening reports': Govt monitored social media comments for two years; the reports have now been released.
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Covid 19: Government releases social media 'listening reports'
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Sir Ian Taylor: Government's 'we know best' approach strikes again: An apology from the Government is well overdue, writes Sir Ian Taylor.
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Sir Ian Taylor: Government's 'we know best' approach strikes again
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Govt blamed for Lucira adoption delays: An apology from the Government is well overdue, writes Sir Ian Taylor. Sorry! It’s such a small word ...
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Govt blamed for Lucira adoption delays
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After all that's happened, where's the transparency, Labour?: Sir Ian Taylor
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After all that's happened, where's the transparency ...