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Edwards on Politics
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Political tactics distract from substance of policies

ANALYSIS: Parents of school children or patients needing lifesaving medicines have no interest in the politics.

WATCH: NBR politcal editor Brent Edwards speaks with Jonathan Mitchell.

Brent Edwards Thu, 08 Aug 2024

Seven weeks after announcing a funding increase for Pharmac to pay for more cancer drugs, the Coalition Government still cannot shake off criticism of the way it managed the policy.

Nor is it getting an easy run over its announcement around teaching mathematics to primary school children.

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Brent Edwards Thu, 08 Aug 2024
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