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This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Lame attack ads, how the infiltration the Labour campaign launch backfired, who's got all the money and how are they spending it - and why did Christopher Luxon discard his ceremonial Pasifika necklace?

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Manteena had 'hostile approach' to union, Integrity Commission told

CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith is giving evidence to the ACT's corruption watchdog.

The Canberra Times

Act MP-in-waiting did not publicly disclose censure over real estate deal

As a real estate agent, Zane Cozens faced complaints of pressuring elderly home-owners to sell their homes for less than they wanted to. Jonathan Milne reports.

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One more joins the disappearing Act

Scott Boness has become another in a string of Act candidates to drop out after quietly slipping off the Auckland Central ballot after just three weeks.

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'It's alarming': Campbell Primary students missed out in contentious procurement

Integrity Commission hearings resume into the Campbell Primary School modernisation project.

The Canberra Times

Government reveals cost to pull down COVID-era Garran Surge Centre

It went up in a month but it will be a lot longer until the centre is taken down.

The Canberra Times

NAPLAN socio-educational advantage model under review for ACT schools

ACT's students have higher levels of advantage compared to other states.

The Canberra Times

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Author of report into Bruce Lehrmann prosecution hits back at minister’s criticism

Lawyers for Walter Sofronoff have asked Andrew Barr to ‘correct the harm he has caused’ to the former judge’s reputation

The Guardian - AU

'You might have mentioned it': Labor drug bill surprised Rattenbury

The Greens leader said it should have been taken to the election.

The Canberra Times

Winston Peters returns to right 'an upside-down world'

The leaders of Labour and Act don’t want to work with him, but his voter support looks to be growing. Mark Jennings sits down with NZ First leader Winston Peters to discuss the polls, social media, and wayward candidates.

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Shane Drumgold is taking legal action over the Sofronoff inquiry. What could happen next?

Outgoing DPP asks for judicial review one month after report into handling of Bruce Lehrmann case was leaked to media

The Guardian - AU

Shane Drumgold says Bruce Lehrmann prosecution inquiry failed to give him fair hearing and breached law

ACT government also reveals Sofronoff report appeared to present paragraph from Australian newspaper as opinion of NSW supreme court judge

The Guardian - AU

'Legally unreasonable': Drumgold sensationally accuses inquiry of bias

The outgoing top prosecutor is seeking to quash the inquiry's findings.

The Canberra Times

Deflated man in court after alleged dangerous driving of stolen ute across Canberra

The man ran from police after they used a tyre deflation device.

The Canberra Times

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National frontbencher backs big party donor in $138m case against housing agency

Chris Bishop denies any conflict of interest, saying the question of whether developer Chris Meehan would get a meeting with a National Party prime minister is one for after the election. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Sir Roger Douglas' nephew bets business on big Act win

Despite his uncle's doubts, the Act Party’s number 16 candidate is so sure his party will turn out more MPs than ever, he’s already put his Hawkes Bay business up for sale, reports Emma Hatton

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Chris Hipkins unleashes as he prepares for dogfight

The people Chris Hipkins marginalised in his speech on Sunday were never going to vote Labour, but if the communities he stood up for were listening he might have just mounted a comeback

The Canberra Times

'From Curtin, heal the hurting': ACT 'yes' camp vows to take efforts interstate

ACT camp claims to more "yes" volunteers per capita than any other state or territory.

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Greens members follow Labor in calling for zoning overhaul

The party wants more medium density housing on RZ1 and RZ2 blocks.

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If ever there was time for a grand coalition to heal our rifts, it’s now

Instead of being beholden to their left and right flanks respectively, Labour and National might prefer to stick to the centre. Sure, it means working with the old foe, but the policy ground would be much more comfortable to occupy.

The Canberra Times

Digital health record system 'barely a minimum product'

Staff expressed 'extreme frustration' with the system.

The Canberra Times

One million cars later and countless lives saved by Canberra company

One of the biggest killers on our roads could soon be a thing of the past.

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Labour's policy goody bag falls short

After starving voters of any vision for what a Chris Hipkins government might look like, the governing party drowned voters in policy last week but is yet to see any reward, writes political editor Jo Moir

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Practice makes Luxon less imperfect

The National leader seems to be finding his feet ahead of the big show, starting in just a couple of weeks. Tim Murphy assesses him against past performances

The Hindu

The gaps in the Births and Deaths Registration (Amendment) Act

An objective is to create a complete database of registered births and deaths to eventually result in efficient and transparent delivery of public services and social benefits

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