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ACC levy takes bite of tax cuts By VERNON SMALL - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM Workers and the self-employed are to be hit with an increase in ACC levies from April, eating into the tax cuts that take effect at the same time. Budget blowout for new Supreme Court By TRACY WATKINS - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM Plans for the new Supreme Court building in Wellington may have to be pared back as costs soar to more than $80 million. $18m state housing bill for new Govt tenants By MARTIN KAY - The Dominion Post | 05:00AM They have got the chauffeur-driven limos, and now a select group of ministers is settling into some of New Zealand's plushest state houses, worth a collective $18 million. 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Talks between New Zealand and Fiji have failed to defuse tensions as the threat of expulsion continues to hang over acting high commissioner Caroline McDonald.
Workers and the self-employed are to be hit with an increase in ACC levies from April, eating into the tax cuts that take effect at the same time.
Plans for the new Supreme Court building in Wellington may have to be pared back as costs soar to more than $80 million.
They have got the chauffeur-driven limos, and now a select group of ministers is settling into some of New Zealand's plushest state houses, worth a collective $18 million.
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THAT'S MY BOY: Helen Clark leads the congratulations for Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson after his maiden speech, in which he defended public servants and called for better standards of public housing and the compulsory teaching of Maori in schools. • Read more